τύχη

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good luck

1. the good which man obtains τυγχάνει); by the favour of the gods, good fortune, luck, success , (Theognis Elegiacus), etc.; σὺν τύχῃ (Sophocles Tragicus); θείᾳ τύχῃ, Lat. divinitus , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.:—; hence Τύχη was deified, like Lat. Fortuna , Τύχη Σώτειρα (Pindar); T. Σωτήρ (Aeschulus Tragicus) 2. generally, fortune, chance , good or bad, in singular and plural , (Herdotus Historicus), attic 3. rarely of positive ill fortune , ἢν χρήσωνται τύχῃ, i. e. if they are killed, (Euripides); τύχῃ by ill-luck , (Antipho Orator) 4. especially, ἀγαθὴ τ. (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; in dative ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ "in God's name, " (Demosthenes Orator), etc.; by crasis, τύχἀγαθῇ (Aristophanes Comicus);—;this formula was also introduced into treaties, like Lat. quod felix faustumque sit , Λάχης εἶπε, τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν Decret. in (Thucydides):—;so ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ (Aristophanes Comicus), etc. 5. Adverbial usages, τύχῃ by chance , Lat. forte , forte fortuna, (Sophocles Tragicus), etc.; ἀπὸ τύχης (Aristotle Philosopher); ἐκ τύχης (Plato Philosophus); διὰ τύχην (Isocrates Orator), etc.; κατὰ τύχην (Thucydides), etc. 6. a chance, hap, accident , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc.; τῆς τύχης, τὸ ἐμὲ τυχεῖν . . ! what a piece of ill-luck , that . . ! (Xenophon Historicus); mostly of mishaps, misfortunes , (Aeschulus Tragicus), etc. (ML)