A.“-τεύξομαι” Pl.Lg.898e:—Med., aor.ἀποτεύξασθαι: ἀποτυχεῖν, Hsch.: pf. Pass. in med. sense, Phld.Rh.1.220S.:—fail in hitting or gaining, “τινός” Hp.VM2, Pl.Lg.744a, X.Mem.4.2.27, etc.; “τοῦ ὠφελιμωτάτου” Pl.Tht.179a; “τούτων τριῶν ἑνός γ᾽ ἀ.” Alex. 211; “μήτ᾽ ἀξίως τυχεῖν τῆς ἀληθείας μήτε πάντως ἀ.” Arist.Metaph.993b1; lose, “ὧν εἶχον ἀπέτυχον” X.Cyr.1.6.45; “κακοῦ ἀποτυχεῖν” escape from, Philem.93.9.
2. Pass., “ἀποτυγχάνεται” a failure ensues, Arist.Ph.199b3; of things, to be missed, “τὸ μὴ ἐπιτευχθὲν ἀ.” D.H. Pomp.2.14; τὰ προτεθεσπισμένα καὶ ἀποτετευγμένα prophesied and not come to pass, Luc.Alex.28; “ἀποτετευγμένος” rejected, not finding a purchaser, Dsc.5.79.
II. abs., miss one's object, fail, X.HG7.5.14; “ὅλως ἀ.” D.11.12; λέγοντες οὐκ ἀποτευξόμεθα shall not miss the truth in saying, Pl.Lg.898e; “ἀ. περί τινος” X.Eq.1.16; “τυγχάνειν καὶ ἀ. κατά τι” Arist.Po.1450a3; “τῷ γάμῳ” D.S. 12.12; “ἐν ταῖς ἐπιβολαῖς” Plb.5.98.6:—Med., “ἀποτυγχανομένῳ πρὸς τὸν γάμον” Ant.Lib.39.3.
