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[88] τετύχηκε. Eustath. seems to force the meaning of this word when he says, “κατὰ τύχην ἐστὶ καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἐπιτεχνήσεως”. The usage of it seems to be very much like that of “τέτυκται”, or “ἐτέτυκτο”, cp. Od.9. 190.In Il.17. 748 we have the description of a headland, “πρὼν . . πεδίοιο διαπρύσιον τετυχηκώς”,=‘lying’ or ‘set’ right across the plain. See Curt. Gk. Etym. p. 57 for an account of the root tak with byforms tik and tuk, showing an identical origin for the Greek words “τεκ-εῖν, τυχεῖν”, and “τεύχειν”. The addition of διαμπερές is intended to show that this wall of cliff was quite continuous from one side to the other.

Homer's Odyssey. W. Walter Merry. James Riddell. D. B. Monro. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1886-1901.

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