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The genitive is used with verbs signifying to reach, obtain (genitive of the end attained).
τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐφικέσθαι
to attain to virtue
I. 1.5, οἱ ἀκοντισταὶ βραχύτερα ἠκόντιζον ἢ ὡς ἐξικνεῖσθαι τῶν σφενδονητῶν
the javelin-throwers did not hurl far enough to reach the slingers
X. A. 3.3.7, σπονδῶν ἔτυχε he obtained a truce 3. 1. 28.
-- 322 -- So with κυρεῖν obtain (poet.), κληρονομεῖν inherit, ἀποτυγχάνειν fail to hit. τυγχάνειν, when compounded with ἐν, ἐπί, παρά, περί, and σύν, takes the dative. λαγχάνειν obtain by lot usually takes the accusative.
a. This genitive and that of 1349 form the genitive of the goal.
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