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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

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

  • καὶ εἶπε Λεία. ἐν τύχῃ. καὶ ἐπωνόμασε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Γάδ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 30:11)
  • καὶ ὃσ ἐὰν εἰσέλθῃ μετὰ τοῦ πλησίον εἰσ τὸν δρυμὸν συναγαγεῖν ξύλα, καὶ ἐκκρουσθῇ ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ τῇ ἀξίνῃ κόπτοντοσ τὸ ξύλον, καὶ ἐκπεσὸν τὸ σιδήριον ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου τύχῃ τοῦ πλησίον, καὶ ἀποθάνῃ, οὗτοσ καταφεύξεται εἰσ μίαν τῶν πόλεων τούτων καὶ ζήσεται, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 19:5)
  • ἵνα τοῦτο πράξασ ἀπολυθῇ τοῦ θανάτου καὶ διὰ τὴν ἀρχαίαν πρὸσ αὐτοὺσ φιλίαν τύχῃ φιλανθρωπίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 6:22)
  • καὶ οἰκέτισ ἐὰν ἐκβάλῃ τὴν ἑαυτῆσ κυρίαν καὶ μισητὴ γυνὴ ἐὰν τύχῃ ἀνδρὸσ ἀγαθοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:59)
  • ὑμεῖσ δὲ οἱ ἐγκαταλιπόντεσ με καὶ ἐπιλανθανόμενοι τὸ ὄροσ τὸ ἅγιόν μου καὶ ἑτοιμάζοντεσ τῷ δαιμονίῳ τράπεζαν καὶ πληροῦντεσ τῇ τύχῃ κέρασμα, (Septuagint, Liber Isaiae 65:11)

Synonyms

  1. the act of a god

  2. the act of a human being

  3. chance

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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