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[653] τεύξεσθαι, in passive signification, as 3.101 “θάνατος καὶ μοῖρα τέτυκται,” 12.345 “τάχα τῆιδε τετεύξεται αἰπὺς ὄλεθρος”, and many similar instances. AmeisHentze strangely deny the possibility of the use of “τεύξεσθαι” in this way, and say that it must be from “τυγχάνειν”: but the only analogy which can be quoted is far from close: 11.684, Od. 14.231 “τύχε” (“τύγχανε”） “πολλά”. But the question is one of comparatively small importance, as “τεύχω” and “τυγχάνω” are simply different forms of the same verb, the intrans. forms “ἔτυχον ἐτύχησα τετύχηκα” being said to ‘come from’ one present, the transitive “ἔτευξα τεύξω” and the passive “τετεύξομαι τέτυγμαι” from the other. The present phrase shews exactly where the point of contact between the two lies. The passive fut. is not yet differentiated from the middle in H.; cf. “εἰρήσεται” in pass. sense, and see note on 10.365.

The Iliad, edited, with apparatus criticus, prolegomena, notes, and appendices. Walter Leaf. London. Macmillan. 1900.

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