τιτύσκομαι (root τυκ, τυχεῖν), ipf. τιτύσκετο: (1) lit., try to hit, hence aim;
ἄντα, ‘straight before
one,’ Od. 21.48
; τινός, ‘at
something’; met., of purpose, design, φρεσί, Ν 558, Od.
8.556.—(2) try to get, hence make ready,
prepare;
πῦρ, ἵππους ὑπ᾽ ὄχεσφι,
‘couple,’ ‘put to,’ Il. 8.41.