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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

  • οὐ γὰρ ὀρθὰ πυρφορεῖσ μαινὰσ θοάζουσ’, οὐδέ σ’ αἱ τύχαι, τέκνον, ἐσωφρονήκασ’ , ἀλλ’ ἔτ’ ἐν ταὐτῷ μένεισ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic 1:5)
  • τοῖσ τρόποισ γὰρ αἱ τύχαι, ἔμπληκτοσ ὡσ ἄνθρωποσ, ἄλλοτ’ ἄλλοσε πηδῶσι, κοὐδεὶσ αὐτὸσ εὐτυχεῖ ποτε. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, anapests 3:19)
  • ἢ πάντ’ ἀνεσκευάσμεθ’, ὥσπερ αἱ τύχαι; (Euripides, episode, lyric 1:6)
  • καὶ τοὺσ σθένοντασ γὰρ καθαιροῦσιν τύχαι. (Euripides, Heracles, episode, lyric 5:8)
  • δειναὶ μὲν τότε τύχαι, δεινὰ δὲ καὶ τάδ’· (Euripides, Ion, episode, lyric 1:29)

Synonyms

  1. the act of a god

  2. the act of a human being

  4. chance

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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