κιχάνω
kichano
reach, hit
Appears 61 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κιχάνω [ᾱ], imper. κιχάνετε Il. 23.407; inf. κιχάνειν 2.112: impf. ἐκίχᾱνον Il. 3.383: aor. 3sg. ἔκιχεν Od. 3.169, κίχεν Il. 24.160; 3pl. κίχον 18.153; subj. 3sg. κίχῃσι Od. 12.122; part. κιχών 15.157: also non-thematic aor. ἐκίχην [ῐ], 2sg. ἐκίχεις, like ἐτίθεις from τίθημι, 24.284; 1pl. κίχημεν or ἐκ- 16.379; 3dual κιχήτην Il. 10.376; subj.κιχείω, κιχείομεν, 1.26, 21.128; opt. κιχείην 2.188; inf. κιχῆναι Od. 16.357, κιχήμεναι Il. 15.274; part. κιχείς 16.342:—after κιγχάνω [ᾰ] (cf. 1525.16, , ), first ap. , Ch. 622, OC 1450 (both lyr.); misspelt κιχάνω Hipp. 1444, Hel. 597: fut. inf. κιχησέμεν 4.1482: aor. ἔκῐχον Ba. 903(lyr.), κίχον P. 9.26, al.; subj. κίχω Aj. 657, Supp. 1069, Alc. 22; inf. κιχεῖν 1.67: aor. 1 ἐκίχησα 5.148, H. 5.116, 149:—Med. (in act. sense), κιχάνομαι Il. 11.441, Od. 9.266: fut. κιχήσομαι Il. 10.370, OC 1487: aor. 1 κιχήσατο Il. 10.494, Od. 6.51: aor. 2 part. κιχήμενος Il. 5.187, 11.451:—A. poet. Verb (perh. used in the laws of Solon), reach, hit, or light upon, meet with, μή σε . . παρὰ νηυσὶ κιχείω Il. 1.26, cf. Od. 13.228; Ἄδμητον ἐν δόμοισιν ἆρα κ.; Alc. 477; reach, overtake, ὅν κε . . ποσσὶ κιχείω Il. 6.228; κιχήσεσθαι δέ σʼ ὀΐω ib.341, cf. 21.605, P. 2.50, 5.148, etc.; τὰ φεύγοντα 1.67; ἵππους δʼ Ἀτρεΐδαο κιχάνετε Il. 23.407; σὲ δουρὶ κιχήσομαι shall reach thee, 10.370; εἰς ὅ κεν ἄστυ κιχείομεν till we reach it, 21.128; ἧός κε τέλος πολέμοιο κιχείω arrive at it, 3.291: sts. of things, βέλος ὠκὺ κιχήμενον the dart that had just reached him, 5.187; φθῆ σε τέλος θανάτοιο κιχήμενον 11.451. 2. rarely c. gen., like τυγχάνω, OC 1487.
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