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τύχη (tuchē) good luck ^G:N-F

τύχη [ῠ], ἡ,

Boeotian dialect τιούχα [Refs 3rd c.BC+], τούχα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (τεύχω, τυγχάνω [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—the act of a god, τύχᾳ δαίμονος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν θεοῦ τύχᾳ, σὺν Χαρίτων τύχᾳ, [τύχης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1326; δαιμονίως ἔκ τινος τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25e; πῶς οὖν μάχωμα θνητὸς ὢν θείᾳ τύχ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 196 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρα θείᾳ κἀπόνῳ τάλας τύχῃ [ὄλωλε]; [τύχη κατέχει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 304c: ἄσημα δ᾽ ου᾽κέτ᾽ ε᾽στὶν οἷ φθίνει τύχα Κύπριδος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 371 (Lyric poetry); ἐξεπλήσσου τῇ τ. τῇ τῶν θεῶν [prev. author] “IA” 351 (troch.); δαίμονος τύχα βαρεῖα [prev. author] “Rh.” 728 (Lyric poetry); τὰς.. δαιμόνων τ. ὅστις φέρει κάλλιστα [prev. author] “fragment” 37. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]

__b the act of a human being, πέμψον τιν᾽ ὅστις σημανεῖ—ποίας τύχα; will order—what action? [Refs]
__2 especially ἀναγκαία τύχη, as a paraphrase for Ἀνάγκη, Necessity, Fate, τέθνηκ᾽ Ὀρέστης ἐξ ἀναγκαίας τύχης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόστητ᾽ ἀ. τ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control:
__II.1 fortune, providence, fate, πάντα τύχη καὶ μοῖρα, Περίκλεες, ἀνδρὶ δίδωσι [τύχη 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 100; πύργοις δ᾽ ἀπειλεῖ δείν᾽, ἃ μὴ κραίνοι τύχη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 426; ἐπ᾽ εὐμενεῖ τύχᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.15; μετὰ τύχης ευ᾽μενοῦς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 813a; κατελθὼν δεῦρο πρευμενεῖ τύχῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1647; ὁρμώμενον βροτοῖσιν εὐπόμπῳ τύχῃ [prev. author] “Eu.” 93: personified, Σώτειρα Τύχα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.2; Τ. Σωτήρ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 664, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 80 ">Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἐμαυτὸν παῖδα τῆς Τ. νέμων τῆς εὖ διδούσης[Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II.2 chance, regarded as an impersonal cause, τύχη φορὰ ἐξ ἀδήλου εἰς ἄδηλον, καὶ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτομάτου αἰτία δαιμονίας πράξεως [Refs 5th c.BC+]; coupled with τὸ αὐτόματον, [τύχης ἄνοιαν ἀνδρείως φέρειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 812; τὰ τῆς τύχης φέρειν δεῖ γνησίως τὸν εὐγενῆ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 281, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 17, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 252, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 205; οὐκ ἔχουσιν αἱ τ. φρένας 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 287; τῆς ἀναγκαίας μέν, ἀγνώμονος δὲ τ. οὐχ ὡς δίκαιον ἦν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐβούλετο, κρινάσης τὸν ἀγῶνα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.5 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; personified and said to be blind, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἂν μὲν ἡ τ. συνεπιλαμβάνηται.., ἂν δ᾽ ἀντιπίπτῃ τὰ τῆς τ., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἂν ἐν τύχῃ γίγνεσθαι σφίσι would not depend on chance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύχῃ by chance, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to φύσει, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τύχης, opposed to ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀπὸ φύσεως, [τύχης [prev. author] “Phdr.” 265c, “R.” 499b, etc.; διὰ τύχην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.132, 9.45; δίκαιος οὐδεὶς ἀπὸ τύχης οὐδὲ διὰ τὴν τ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1323b29; κατὰ τύχην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.13; τῆς τ. εὖ μετεστεώσης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.118; τὸ τῆς τ. ἀφανές 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 785, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.45. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III regarded as a result:
__III.1 good fortune, success, δὸς ἄμμι τ. εὐδαιμονίην τε [Refs 6th c.BC+]; σὲ γὰρ θεοὶ ἐπορῶσι· οὐ γὰρ ἄν.. ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης ἀπίκευ[τύχης εἰσί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.33; σὺν τύχᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.48, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 775 ">Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν τ. τινί A [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ πεποιθότες τύχῃ not believing in our good fortune, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; σοφῶν γὰρ ἀνδρῶν ταῦτα, μὴ 'κβάντας τύχης, καιρὸν λαβόντας, ἡδονὰς ἄλλας λαβεῖν without stepping out of success already attained, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 ill fortune, τὰς ἐκ θεῶν τύχας δοθείσας.. φέρειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τύχας in misfortune, opposed to κατὰ.. εὐπραγίας, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύχῃ by ill-luck, opposed to ἀδικίᾳ, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to προνοίᾳ, [Refs]; ἔστιν ἡ τ. τοῦ ἄρξαντος the ill-luck is his who began the fray, [Refs]; of death, ἢν χρήσωνται τύχῃ, i. e. if they are killed, [τύχης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 425: personified, εἰ μὴ τὴν Τ. αὐτὴν λέγεις">Refs 5th c.BC+] *misfortune herself, [Refs]
__III.3 in a neutral sense, mostly in plural 'fortunes', ποίαις ὁμιλήσει τύχαις [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐλπίδ᾽ οὐ χρὴ τῆς τ. κρίνειν πάρος the event, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 the quality of the fortune or fate may be indicated by an adjective, ἀγαθὴ τ. or ἡ ἀγαθὴ τ.,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in prayers and good wishes, εὐχώμεσθα Διὶ.. θεσμοῖς τοῖσδε τ. ἀγαθὴν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάσσαι [Refs 6th c.BC+]; θεὸς τ. ἀγαθάν (i.e. δότω) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: in nominative, θεός, τύχα ἀγαθά [Refs 4th c.BC+] by God's help, Latin quod di bene vortant, ἀγαθᾷ τύχᾳ [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἴωμεν ἀγαθῇ τ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a formula in treaties, decrees, etc., Αάχης εἶπε, τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ τῇ Ἀθηναίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν Decrees cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τύχᾳ σὺν ἔσλᾳ [Refs 7th c.BC+] or equivalent words, τ. παλίγκοτος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.5 with genitive (or possessive adjective) of the person who enjoys or endures the fortune or fate, τῶν ἐν Θερμοπύλαις θανόντων εὐκλεὴς μὲν ἁ τύχα, καλὸς δ᾽ ὁ πότμος [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV the τ. or ἀγαθὴ τ. of a person or city is sometimes thought of as permanently belonging to him or it, as a faculty for good fortune, destiny, almost ={δαίμων} [Refs 4th c.BC+]; a statue of the Τύχη of the City of Antioch executed by Eutychides, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: so of rulers, ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ τῇ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Σωτῆρος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; διὰ τὴν τ. τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου βασιλέως [Refs 1st c.BC+]; νὴ τὴν Καίσαρος τ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of officials, e.g. the ἐπιστράτηγος, ἐάν σου τῇ εὐμενεστάτῃ τύχῃ δόξῃ [Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__IV.2 = Latin Fortuna; Τ. Σωτήριος, = Fortuna Redux, [Refs]; Τ. Πρωτογένεια, = F. Primigenia, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV.3 position, station in life, ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τοιαύτῃ συμβεβίωκα τύχῃ.., σὺ δ᾽ ὁ σεμνὸς.. σκόπει.. ποίᾳ τινὶ κέχρησαι τύχῃ.. τὸ μέλαν τρίβων κτλ. [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἰκέτης τὴν τ. [τύχης 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.76; οἱ δουλικὴν τ. εἰληχότες “POxy.” 1186.5 (4th c.AD), compare 1101.7, 11, 21, 24 (4th c.AD), etc.">Refs 2nd c.AD+]; rank, βουλευτικὴ τ. [Refs 6th c.AD+]
__V Astrology texts uses:
__V.1 ={Σελήνη}, Vett. Val.126.15; ἀγαθὴ τ. the κλῆρος of the moon, [Refs]
__V.2 ἀγαθὴ and κακὴ τ. names of two of the twelve regions, Vett. Val.69.13,14.
__VI [Refs 4th c.BC+]