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τύχη [υ^], , Boeot. τιούχα IG7.2809.1 (Hyettus, iii B. C.), τούχα ib.3083 (Lebad., iii B. C.): (
b. the act of a human being, πέμψον τιν᾽ ὅστις σημανεῖποίας τύχας; will order—what action? Id.IT1209 (troch.).
II. regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control:
2. chance, regarded as an impersonal cause, “τύχη φορὰ ἐξ ἀδήλου εἰς ἄδηλον, καὶ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτομάτου αἰτία δαιμονίας πράξεωςPl.Def.411b; coupled with τὸ αὐτόματον, Arist.Ph.195b31, al.; defined as “αἰτία ἄδηλος ἀνθρωπίνῳ λογισμῷStoic.2.281; “πειρῶ τύχης ἄνοιαν ἀνδρείως φέρεινMen.812; “τὰ τῆς τύχης φέρειν δεῖ γνησίως τὸν εὐγενῆAntiph.281, cf. Apollod.Com.17, Alex.252, Men. 205; “οὐκ ἔχουσιν αἱ τ. φρέναςAlex.287; “τῆς ἀναγκαίας μέν, ἀγνώμονος δὲ τ. οὐχ ὡς δίκαιον ἦν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐβούλετο, κρινάσης τὸν ἀγῶναD.Ep.2.5; personified and said to be blind, Men.417b, Kon.14, Plu. 2.98a; “τί δ᾽ ἂν φοβοῖτ᾽ ἄνθρωπος, τὰ τῆς τ. κρατεῖ, πρόνοια δ᾽ ἐστὶν οὐδενὸς σαφής;S.OT977; ἂν μὲν τ. συνεπιλαμβάνηται . . , ἂν δ᾽ ἀντιπίπτῃ τὰ τῆς τ., Plb.2.49.7,8; “ Τ. σχεδὸν ἅπαντα τὰ τῆς οἰκουμένης πράγματα πρὸς ἓν ἔκλινε μέροςId.1.4.1, cf. 1.63.9, 2.38.5, 36.17.1; “τῆς Τ. ὥσπερ ἐπίτηδες ἀναβιβαζούσης ἐπὶ σκηνὴν τὴν τῶν Ῥοδίων ἄγνοιανId.29.19.2, cf. 23.10.16, Dem.Phal.39J.; οὐκ ἂν ἐν τύχῃ γίγνεσθαι σφίσι would not depend on chance, Th.4.73; “ πόλεμος φιλεῖ ἐς τύχας περιίστασθαιId.1.78, cf. 69; τύχῃ by chance, S.Ant.1182, Ph.546, Th.1.144, etc.; opp. φύσει, Pl.Prt.323d; ἀπὸ τύχης, opp. ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, Lys.21.10; opp. ἀπὸ φύσεως, Arist. Metaph.1032a29; “ἀπὸ τ. ἀπροσδοκήτουPl.Lg.920d; “ἐκ τύχηςId.Phdr.265c, R.499b, etc.; “διὰ τύχηνIsoc.4.132, 9.45; “δίκαιος οὐδεὶς ἀπὸ τύχης οὐδὲ διὰ τὴν τ.Arist.Pol.1323b29; “κατὰ τύχηνTh.3.49, X.HG3.4.13; “τῆς τ. εὖ μετεστεώσηςHdt.1.118; “τὸ τῆς τ. ἀφανέςE.Alc.785, cf. D.4.45.
III. regarded as a result:
4. the quality of the fortune or fate may be indicated by an Adj., ἀγαθὴ τ. or ἀγαθὴ τ., A.Ag.755 (lyr.), Ar.Pax360, D.Ep.4.3, etc.; “πολλῇ χρῷτ᾽ ἂν ἀγαθῇ τ.Pl.Lg.640d; freq. in prayers and good wishes, “εὐχώμεσθα Διὶ . . θεσμοῖς τοῖσδε τ. ἀγαθὴν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάσσαιSol.[31]; θεὸς τ. ἀγαθάν (sc. δότω) GDI1930, al. (Delph., ii B. C.): in nom., “θεός, τύχα ἀγαθάIG42(1).47.1, 121.1 (Epid., iv B.C.), 73.1 (ibid., iii B.C.): freq. in dat., ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ by God's help, Lat. quod di bene vortant, ἀγαθᾷ τύχᾳ ib.103.119 (ibid., iv B. C.); “ἀλλ᾽ ἴωμεν ἀγαθῇ τ.Pl.Lg.625c; “ταῦτα ποιεῖτ᾽ ἀγ. τ.D.3.18; “τύχῃ ἀγαθῇAnd. 1.120, Pl.Smp.177e, Cri.43d, etc.; in Com. with crasis, “ἡγοῦ δὴ σὺ νῷν τύχἀγαθῇAr.Av.675, cf. 436, Ec.131, Nicostr.Com.19; as a formula in treaties, decrees, etc., Αάχης εἶπε, τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ τῇ Ἀθηναίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν Decr. ap. Th.4.118, etc.; “ἀγ. τ. τῇ ἈθηναίωνIG12.39.40; also “ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῇ τ.Ar.V.869, cf. Pl.Lg.757e; μετ᾽ ἀγαθῆς τ. ib.732d; τύχῃ ἀμείνονι, ἐπ᾽ ἀμείνοσι τύχαις, ib.856e, 878a; also “τύχᾳ σὺν ἔσλᾳSapph.Supp.9.4; “ἐπὶ τύχῃσι χρηστῇσιHdt.1.119: with κακός or equivalent words, “τ. παλίγκοτοςA.Ag. 571; “ δέ τοι τ. κακὴ μὲν αὕτη γ᾽ ἀλλὰ συγγνώμην ἔχειS.Tr.328; “ἐν τοιᾷδε κείμενος κακῇ τ.Id.Aj.323; “τίς τῆσδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἐχθίων τύχη;A. Pers.438; “πρὶν αἰσχρᾷ περιπεσεῖν τύχῃ τινίE.Hec.498; “ὅταν τις ἡμῶν δυστυχῆ λάβῃ τ.Id.Tr.471, cf. Th.5.102; “ἀλιτηριώδης τ.Pl. Lg.881e; “ποινὴν καὶ κακὴν τ.S.E.M.5.16.
IV. the τ. or ἀγαθὴ τ. of a person or city is sts. thought of as permanently belonging to him or it, as a faculty for good fortune, destiny, almost = δαίμων 1.2, 11.3, “τὸν δαίμονα καὶ τὴν τ. τὴν συμπαρακολουθοῦσαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ φυλάξασθαιAeschin.3.157; “ἐπισφαλές ἐστι πιστεύειν ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς τύχῃ τηλικαῦτα πράγματαPlu.Fab.26; “νὴ τὴν σὴν τ.Arr.Epict.2.20.29: personified, “θύειν Τύχῃ Ἀγαθῇ πατρὸς καὶ μητρὸς Ποσειδωνίου κριόνSIG1044.34 (Halic., iv/iii B. C.); a statue of the Τύχη of the City of Antioch executed by Eutychides, Paus.6.2.7: so of rulers, “ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ τῇ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ ΣωτῆροςOGI16 (Halic., iii B.C.); “διὰ τὴν τ. τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου βασιλέωςBGU1764.8 (i B. C.); “νὴ τὴν Καίσαρος τ.Arr. Epict.4.1.14; “ὀμνύω τὴν . . Σεβαστοῦ τ.Sammelb.7440.19 (ii A. D.), cf. BGU1583.23 (ii A. D.); of officials, e.g. the “ἐπιστράτηγος, ἐάν σου τῇ εὐμενεστάτῃ τύχῃ δόξῃSammelb.7361.21 (iii A. D.).
2. = Lat. Fortuna; Τ. Σωτήριος, = Fortuna Redux, Mon.Anc.Gr.6.7; Τ. Πρωτογένεια, = F. Primigenia, SIG1133 (Delos, ii B. C.).
3. position, station in life,ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τοιαύτῃ συμβεβίωκα τύχῃ . . , σὺ δ᾽ σεμνὸς . . σκόπει . . ποίᾳ τινὶ κέχρησαι τύχῃ . . τὸ μέλαν τρίβων κτλ.D.18.258; “πάσῃ τ. καὶ ἡλικίᾳBCH15.184, 198,204 (Panamara); “οἰκέτης τὴν τ.Ael.NA7.48; “ἀμφίβολόν ἐστι πότερον ἡλικίας τοὔνομα τύχηςPoll.3.76; “οἱ δουλικὴν τ. εἰληχότεςPOxy.1186.5 (iv A. D.), cf. 1101.7,11,21,24 (iv A. D.), etc.; rank,βουλευτικὴ τ.PLond.3.1015.1,4 (vi A. D.), cf. Cod.Just. 1.3.52.1, 4.20.15.1, 9.5.2.
V. Astrol. uses:
1. = Σελήνη, Vett. Val.126.15; ἀγαθὴ τ. the κλῆρος of the moon, Cat.Cod.Astr.4.81.
2. ἀγαθὴ and κακὴ τ. names of two of the twelve regions, Vett. Val.69.13,14.
VI. Pythag. name for 7, Theol.Ar.44.
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