From:
Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott,
An Intermediate Greek-English Lexiconstochazomai
( stocazomai )to aim or shoot at, endeavour after; to endeavour to make out, to guess at a thing, conjecture
stochastikos
( stocastikos )skilful in aiming at, able to hit, able to guess, sagacious
stochastês
diviner, one who aims at