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τυγχάνω

tugchano

to achieve an aim or goal, to meet, come across, encounter accidentally

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Distribution

Densest 12 of 242 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

Senses

1. τυγχάνω · tynchanō — Beekes

to achieve an aim or goal, to meet, come across, encounter accidentally

2. τυγχάνω · tynchanō — Chantraine

Hom

3. τυγχάνω · tynchanō — Frisk

Aor

4. τυγχάνω · tynchanō — LSJ

happen to be at

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Deep etymology

Authority pointers, pending review

These are the etymology authorities that treat this word, with their exact locators. They are bibliographic pointers, not a published word history: no root, reconstruction, derivation, cognate, or origin is asserted here.

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) scan pp. 1566-1567; entry #6177 Review: Under source audit
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque scan pp. 1161-1162; entry #8169 Review: Under source audit
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch scan pp. 1912-1914; entry #5780 Review: Under source audit

The authorities' own wording is withheld pending review. Each source's identity, locator, and review status are cited above.

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