τιτύσκομαι
tityskomai
make, make ready, prepare
Appears 17 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
τιτύσκομαι, Ep. Verb, used only in pres. and impf., combining the senses of the kindred Verbs τεύχω, τυγχάνω.
‹ All lexicon entries I. like τεύχω, make, make ready, prepare, τιτύσκετο πῦρ Il. 21.342; ὑπʼ ὄχεσφι τιτύσκετο ἵππω he put two horses to the chariot, 8.41, 13.23:—later in Act. τιτύσκω, νίκαν Ἱέρωνι τιτύσκων 5.49, cf. Fr. 44, 418, 1403, 279, H. 2.99:—Pass., τιτύσκεται 25.
II. more freq., try to hit (τυχεῖν), aim, shoot, τινος at a person, τινι with a thing, Μηριόνης δʼ αὐτοῖο τιτύσκετο δουρί Il. 13.159; ἐγχείῃ δʼ αὐτοῖο τιτύσκετο 21.582, cf. 3.80, 11.350, etc.: abs., βάλλε τιτυσκόμενος Od. 22.118; τιτύσκεσθαι καθʼ ὅμιλον Il. 13.498, 560; ἄντα τιτύσκεσθαι aim straight before one, at a mark right opposite, Od. 21.421, 22.266; of one unlocking a door, ἄντα τιτυσκομένη 21.48; χερσὶ τιτυσκόμενος, of a boxer, 22.88: c. acc. cogn., φώριον ἀλλήλων βλέμμα τιτυσκόμεθα cast stolen glances at each other, AP 5.220 ().
2. metaph., φρεσὶ τιτύσκεσθαι aim at a thing in mind, i.e. purpose, design, c. inf., Il. 13.558; of the Phaeacian ships, ὄφρα σε τῇ πέμπωσι τιτυσκόμεναι φρεσὶ νῆες Od. 8.556. (From τι-τυχ-σκ- or τι-τυκ-σκ-.)