A.“-τεύξομαι” Pl.R.431c: aor. 2 ἐπέτυ^χον: pf.“-τετύχηκα” Arist.Oec.1352b5:—prop. hit the mark, τοῦ σκοποῦ, opp. ἀποτυγχάνω, Id.EN1106b33 ; “οἱ πολλὰ βάλλοντες ἐπιτυγχάνουσι πολλάκις” Plu.2.438a : hence,
II. light or fall upon, meet with,
I. c. dat. pers., Ar.Nu.195,535, Th.3.75 ; “ἐ. γυναικὶ βιαζομένῃ” Pl.Lg.874c: also c.dat.rei, “ἐ. σορῷ” Hdt.1.68; “ναυσί” Th.8.34 ; “βιβλίῳ” Luc.Dem.Enc. 27 ; ἐ.[ταῖς θύραις] ἀνεῳγμέναις to find them open, Pl.Smp.223b.
2. c.gen.pers., “μετρίου ἀνδρός” Ar.Pl.245, cf. Plu.Art.12 : c.gen.rei, “ἐ. ὁλκάδος ἀναγομένης” Th.3.3 ; εὐώνων ἐ. a low market, Arist.Oec. l.c.
3. rarely c.acc., “τὰς ἁπλᾶς [ἐπιθυμίας] ἐν ὀλίγοις ἐπιτεύξῃ” Pl. R.431c ; “ἅττ᾽ ἂν ἐπιτύχῃς” Eub.123.5.
4. abs., Ar.Ra.570, Th.6.38 ; mostly ὁ ἐπιτυχών the first person one meets, any chance person, esp. in pl., Hdt.2.2, Antipho 2.1.1 : with neg., “οὐδὲ φαύλων ἀνδρῶν οὐδὲ τῶν ἐ.” Pl.Cra.390d ; “οὐ γὰρ οἶμαι τοῦ ἐ. εἶναι..” Id.Euthphr.4a ; οὐ περὶ τοῦ ἐ. on no common matter, Id.R.352d : without the Art., “ἐπιτυχόντος ἀνθρώπου λόγος” E.HF1248, cf. Phot. p. 140R. (=gloss on Eup. 25D.).
III. attain to, reach, gain one's end, c.gen.rei, X.Mem. 4.2.28, D.48.3 ; “εὐχωλᾶς” Inscr.Cypr.134 H.(iv B.C.); “πολιτείας” BGU 113.3 (ii A.D.), etc.; “τοῦ καλῶς [μειγνύναι]” Pl.Phlb.61d ; ἐ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος gain one's suit, D.48.30 ; profit by, benefit by, “φιλανθρωπίας” BGU 522.8 (ii A.D.): abs., “οὐ δύνασθε ἐπιτυχεῖν” Ep.Jac.4.2.
2. c.part., succeed in doing, Hdt.8.101,103 (but ζητέων ἐπιτυγχάνειν find, light upon by searching, Hp. VM24): so c. inf., Luc.Nec.6 ; γαμβροῦ ὁ ἐπιτυχὼν εὗρεν υἱόν he who is lucky in his son-in-law, Democr.272.
3. c.dat.modi, to be lucky, successful in a thing, “μάχῃ” Aeschin.3.165 : abs., to be successful, Pl.Men.97c, Th.3.42, Arist.Rh.1354a9 ; ἂν ἐπιτύχῃ if she succeeds, Men.Epit.346 ; “τἆλλα ἐ.” X.HG4.5.19 : also impers., “αὐτῷ οὐδὲν ἐπετύγχανε” Ant.Lib.41.6.
4. Pass., turn out well, “αἱ ἐπιτετευγμέναι πράξεις” successful, Plb.6.53.2, cf. Hipparch. ap. Stob.4.44.81, D.S.1.1, Plu.2.674a ; φάρμακον -τετευγμένον proved remedy, Heraclid.Tarent. ap. Gal.12.403.
IV. c.dat.pers., converse, talk with one, Pl.Lg.758c.