τύχη
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
τύχη
τύχης
Structure:
τυχ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Etym.: cf. tugxa/nw
Sense
- the act of a god
- the act of a human being
- (regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control), fortune, providence, fate
- chance
Declension
First declension
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.
- ἆρά μοι κράτιστον, ἐθελοκακήσαντα καὶ τὰ νῶτα ἐπιστρέψαντα καὶ ἀδικεῖν οὐκ ἀρνούμενον ἐπὶ τὴν κοινὴν ἐκείνην ἀπολογίαν καταφυγεῖν, ‐ λέγω δὲ τὴν Τύχην καὶ Μοῖραν καὶ Εἱμαρμένην ‐ καὶ παραιτεῖσθαι συγγνώμην ἔχειν μοι τοὺσ ἐπιτιμῶντασ εἰδότασ ὡσ οὐδενὸσ ἡμεῖσ κύριοι, ἀλλ̓ ὑπό τινοσ κρείττονοσ, μᾶλλον δὲ μιᾶσ τῶν προειρημένων ἀγόμεθα οὐχ ἑκόντεσ, ἀλλ̓ ἀναίτιοι παντάπασιν ἄντεσ ὧν λέγομεν ἢ ποιοῦμεν; (Lucian, Apologia 19:3)
- καὶ ὅμωσ αὐτοσχέδια ὄντα οὕτω τοὺσ ἀνοήτουσ πέπεικεν, ὥστε οὐδεὶσ ἡμῖν οὐδὲ θύειν βούλεται, εἰδὼσ ὅτι, κἂν μυρίασ ἑκατόμβασ παραστήσῃ, ὅμωσ τὴν τύχην πράξουσαν τὰ μεμοιραμένα καὶ ἃ ἐξ ἀρχῆσ ἑκάστῳ ἐπεκλώσθη. (Lucian, Deorum concilium, (no name) 13:4)
- καὶ μὴν κἀκεῖνο, ὦ πάτερ, οὐκ ἂν ὀκνήσαιμι εἰπεῖν, ὅτι εἰ καὶ μὴ τελέωσ οὕτωσ ἀπέγνωστο, ἀλλά τισ ἔτι σωτηρίασ ἐλπὶσ ὑπεφαίνετο, οὐκ ἂν οὐδὲ οὕτω ῥᾳδίωσ προσηψάμην οὐδ’ αὖ προχείρωσ φάρμακον ἐγχέαι ἐτόλμησα, δεδιὼσ τὴν τύχην καὶ τὴν παρὰ τῶν πολλῶν δυσφημίαν. (Lucian, Abdicatus, (no name) 31:5)
- κλάουσιν ἄνθρωποι καὶ τὴν αὑτῶν τύχην ὀδύρονται καὶ Κάδμῳ καταρῶνται πολλάκισ, ὅτι τὸ Ταῦ ἐσ τὸ τῶν στοιχείων γένοσ παρήγαγε· (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 12:3)
- καὶ τὸ μὲν πρῶτον οἰκτείρασ τὴν τύχην αὐτῆσ ἀνηρώτα τὴν αἰτίαν τῆσ καταδίκησ, κατὰ μικρὸν δὲ ἁλοὺσ ἔρωτι ‐ ἐχρῆν γὰρ σεσῶσθαι τὴν παῖδα ‐ βοηθεῖν διέγνω· (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton and nhrides, chapter 32)
Synonyms
-
the act of a god
-
the act of a human being
-
- χορηγία (means for providing, abundance of means, fortune)
-
chance