"τύχη" meaning in Ancient Greek

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Noun

IPA: /tý.kʰɛː/, /ˈty.çi/, /ˈti.çi/, /tý.kʰɛː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈty.kʰe̝/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈty.çi/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈty.çi/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈti.çi/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From Proto-Hellenic *tʰúkʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce, yield”). Equivalent to τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, “to happen”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*dʰewgʰ-}}, {{inh|grc|grk-pro|*tʰúkʰā}} Proto-Hellenic *tʰúkʰā, {{der|grc|ine-pro|*dʰewgʰ-|t=to produce, yield}} Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce, yield”), {{affix|grc|τυγχάνω|-η|pos2=action noun suffix|t1=to happen}} τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, “to happen”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix) Head templates: {{grc-noun|τῠ́χης|f|first|head=τῠ́χη}} τῠ́χη • (tŭ́khē) f (genitive τῠ́χης); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|τῠ́χη|τῠ́χης}} Forms: τῠ́χη [canonical], tŭ́khē [romanization], τῠ́χης [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ τῠ́χη [nominative, singular], τῠ́χᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ τῠ́χαι [nominative, plural], τῆς τῠ́χης [genitive, singular], τῠ́χαιν [dual, genitive], τῠχῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ τῠ́χῃ [dative, singular], τῠ́χαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς τῠ́χαις [dative, plural], τὴν τῠ́χην [accusative, singular], τῠ́χᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς τῠ́χᾱς [accusative, plural], τῠ́χη [singular, vocative], τῠ́χᾱ [dual, vocative], τῠ́χαι [plural, vocative], τιούχᾱ [alternative, Boeotian], τούχᾱ [alternative, Boeotian], τύχα [alternative, Doric, Laconian]
  1. the act of a god
    Sense id: en-τύχη-grc-noun-sLqSWojC
  2. the act of a human being
    Sense id: en-τύχη-grc-noun-k3QQD5Iq Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 22 7 25 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 7 10 24 7 23 13 16
  3. (regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control)
    fortune, providence, fate
    Sense id: en-τύχη-grc-noun-L9A9CtKo Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 22 7 25 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 7 10 24 7 23 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η: 7 8 24 7 25 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 7 18 6 26 18 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 7 17 6 26 17 21
  4. (regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control)
    chance
    Sense id: en-τύχη-grc-noun-bLCf5yo0
  5. (regarded as a result)
    good fortune, success
    Sense id: en-τύχη-grc-noun-8uBLF6xR Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 22 7 25 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 7 10 24 7 23 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η: 7 8 24 7 25 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 7 18 6 26 18 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 7 17 6 26 17 21
  6. (regarded as a result)
    ill fortune, misfortune
    Sense id: en-τύχη-grc-noun-xIyjiCPO Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 22 7 25 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 7 10 24 7 23 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η: 7 8 24 7 25 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 7 18 6 26 18 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 7 17 6 26 17 21
  7. (regarded as a result)
    (in a neutral sense, in plural) fortunes
    Tags: plural
    Sense id: en-τύχη-grc-noun-Qj7hw-kP Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 7 10 22 7 25 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 7 10 24 7 23 13 16 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η: 7 8 24 7 25 15 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 6 7 18 6 26 18 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 7 17 6 26 17 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: ἀποτυχής (apotukhḗs), ἀποτυχία (apotukhía), ἀτυχέω (atukhéō), ἀτύχημα (atúkhēma), ἀτυχής (atukhḗs), ἀτυχία (atukhía), διευτυχέω (dieutukhéō), δυστυχέω (dustukhéō), δυστύχημα (dustúkhēma), δυστυχής (dustukhḗs), δυστυχία (dustukhía), ἐντυχία (entukhía), ἐπιτυχής (epitukhḗs), εὐτυχέω (eutukhéō), εὐτύχημα (eutúkhēma), εὐτυχής (eutukhḗs), εὐτύχησις (eutúkhēsis), εὐτυχία (eutukhía), κακοτυχέω (kakotukhéō), κακοτυχής (kakotukhḗs), κατευτυχέω (kateutukhéō), Λεωτῠχῐ́δης (Leōtŭkhĭ́dēs), προστυχής (prostukhḗs), συνατυχέω (sunatukhéō), συνευτυχέω (suneutukhéō), Συντύχη (Suntúkhē), συντυχία (suntukhía), τυχαῖος (tukhaîos), Τύχη (Túkhē), τυχηρός (tukhērós), Τῠχῐκός (Tŭkhĭkós), Τύχων (Túkhōn)
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 7 18 6 26 18 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 7 17 6 26 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "ill fortune, misfortune"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ],
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "regarded as a result",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regarded as a result)",
        "ill fortune, misfortune"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 10 24 7 23 13 16",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 7 18 6 26 18 21",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "6 7 17 6 26 17 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "fortunes"
      ],
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          "fortunes"
        ]
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        "(regarded as a result)",
        "(in a neutral sense, in plural) fortunes"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in a neutral sense"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/tý.kʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.çi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.çi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tý.kʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.kʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.çi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.çi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.çi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τύχη"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Ancient Greek 2-syllable words",
    "Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns",
    "Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension",
    "Ancient Greek first-declension nouns",
    "Ancient Greek lemmas",
    "Ancient Greek nouns",
    "Ancient Greek paroxytone terms",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European",
    "Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *dʰewgʰ-",
    "Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic",
    "Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -η",
    "Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "roman": "apotukhḗs",
      "word": "ἀποτυχής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "apotukhía",
      "word": "ἀποτυχία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atukhéō",
      "word": "ἀτυχέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atúkhēma",
      "word": "ἀτύχημα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atukhḗs",
      "word": "ἀτυχής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "atukhía",
      "word": "ἀτυχία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dieutukhéō",
      "word": "διευτυχέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dustukhéō",
      "word": "δυστυχέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dustúkhēma",
      "word": "δυστύχημα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dustukhḗs",
      "word": "δυστυχής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dustukhía",
      "word": "δυστυχία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "entukhía",
      "word": "ἐντυχία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "epitukhḗs",
      "word": "ἐπιτυχής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eutukhéō",
      "word": "εὐτυχέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eutúkhēma",
      "word": "εὐτύχημα"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eutukhḗs",
      "word": "εὐτυχής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eutúkhēsis",
      "word": "εὐτύχησις"
    },
    {
      "roman": "eutukhía",
      "word": "εὐτυχία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kakotukhéō",
      "word": "κακοτυχέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kakotukhḗs",
      "word": "κακοτυχής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "kateutukhéō",
      "word": "κατευτυχέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Leōtŭkhĭ́dēs",
      "word": "Λεωτῠχῐ́δης"
    },
    {
      "roman": "prostukhḗs",
      "word": "προστυχής"
    },
    {
      "roman": "sunatukhéō",
      "word": "συνατυχέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suneutukhéō",
      "word": "συνευτυχέω"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Suntúkhē",
      "word": "Συντύχη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "suntukhía",
      "word": "συντυχία"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tukhaîos",
      "word": "τυχαῖος"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Túkhē",
      "word": "Τύχη"
    },
    {
      "roman": "tukhērós",
      "word": "τυχηρός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Tŭkhĭkós",
      "word": "Τῠχῐκός"
    },
    {
      "roman": "Túkhōn",
      "word": "Τύχων"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "el",
            "2": "τύχη"
          },
          "expansion": "Greek: τύχη (týchi)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Greek: τύχη (týchi)"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰewgʰ-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*tʰúkʰā"
      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dʰewgʰ-",
        "t": "to produce, yield"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce, yield”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "τυγχάνω",
        "3": "-η",
        "pos2": "action noun suffix",
        "t1": "to happen"
      },
      "expansion": "τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, “to happen”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix)",
      "name": "affix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Hellenic *tʰúkʰā, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ- (“to produce, yield”). Equivalent to τυγχάνω (tunkhánō, “to happen”) + -η (-ē, action noun suffix).",
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    {
      "form": "τῠ́χη",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tŭ́khē",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠ́χης",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Attic declension-1",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "grc-decl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "First declension",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "class"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ἡ τῠ́χη",
      "roman": "hē tŭ́khē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠ́χᾱ",
      "roman": "tŭ́khā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "nominative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "αἱ τῠ́χαι",
      "roman": "hai tŭ́khai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῆς τῠ́χης",
      "roman": "tês tŭ́khēs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠ́χαιν",
      "roman": "tŭ́khain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠχῶν",
      "roman": "tŭkhôn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῇ τῠ́χῃ",
      "roman": "têi tŭ́khēi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠ́χαιν",
      "roman": "tŭ́khain",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ταῖς τῠ́χαις",
      "roman": "taîs tŭ́khais",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τὴν τῠ́χην",
      "roman": "tḕn tŭ́khēn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠ́χᾱ",
      "roman": "tŭ́khā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τᾱ̀ς τῠ́χᾱς",
      "roman": "tā̀s tŭ́khās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠ́χη",
      "roman": "tŭ́khē",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠ́χᾱ",
      "roman": "tŭ́khā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τῠ́χαι",
      "roman": "tŭ́khai",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τιούχᾱ",
      "roman": "tioúkhā",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Boeotian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τούχᾱ",
      "roman": "toúkhā",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Boeotian"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "τύχα",
      "roman": "túkha",
      "tags": [
        "alternative",
        "Doric",
        "Laconian"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τῠ́χης",
        "2": "f",
        "3": "first",
        "head": "τῠ́χη"
      },
      "expansion": "τῠ́χη • (tŭ́khē) f (genitive τῠ́χης); first declension",
      "name": "grc-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "τῠ́χη",
        "2": "τῠ́χης"
      },
      "name": "grc-decl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the act of a god"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "act",
          "act"
        ],
        [
          "god",
          "god"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "the act of a human being"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "human being",
          "human being"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortune, providence, fate"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortune",
          "fortune"
        ],
        [
          "providence",
          "providence"
        ],
        [
          "fate",
          "fate"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control)",
        "fortune, providence, fate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "chance"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "chance",
          "chance"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control)",
        "chance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "good fortune, success"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "success",
          "success"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "regarded as a result",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regarded as a result)",
        "good fortune, success"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "ill fortune, misfortune"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ill",
          "ill"
        ],
        [
          "misfortune",
          "misfortune"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "regarded as a result",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regarded as a result)",
        "ill fortune, misfortune"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "fortunes"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fortunes",
          "fortunes"
        ]
      ],
      "qualifier": "regarded as a result",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(regarded as a result)",
        "(in a neutral sense, in plural) fortunes"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "in a neutral sense"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tý.kʰɛː/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.çi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.çi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tý.kʰɛː/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.kʰe̝/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.çi/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈty.çi/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈti.çi/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "τύχη"
}

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