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τύχη

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: τύχη τύχης

Structure: τυχ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: cf. tugxa/nw

Sense

  1. the act of a god
  2. the act of a human being
  3. (regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control), fortune, providence, fate
  4. chance

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τύχη τύχᾱ τύχαι
Genitive τύχης τύχαιν τυχῶν
Dative τύχῃ τύχαιν τύχαις
Accusative τύχην τύχᾱ τύχᾱς
Vocative τύχη τύχᾱ τύχαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὄλβιοσ ᾧτινι θεὸσ μοῖράν τε καλῶν ἔπορεν σύν τ’ ἐπιζήλῳ τύχᾳ ἀφνεὸν βιοτὰν διάγειν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 4:4)
  • τὸ μέλλον δ’ ἀκρίτουσ τίκτει τελευτάσ, πᾷ τύχα βρίσει. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 10 5:5)
  • ἔνθεν καὶ ἀρηϊφίλοισ ἄνδρεσσιν <ἐσ> ἱπποτρόφον πόλιν <τ’> Ἀχαιοῖσ ἕσπεο, σὺν δὲ τύχᾳ ναίεισ Μεταπόντιον, ὦ χρυσέα δέσποινα λαῶν· (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 11 9:1)
  • ἰὼ, ἰώ, δαίμονοσ τύχα βαρεῖα. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, lyric1)
  • τύχα δέ μοι ξυνάπτοι ποδόσ· (Euripides, Suppliants, episode, antistrophe 12)

Synonyms

  1. the act of a god

  2. the act of a human being

  4. chance

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