ΔΕΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΚΕΝ, δεδυστυχηκεν
DEDYSTYCHĒKEN, dedystychēken
Sounds Like: deh-dy-sty-KAY-ken
Translations: has been unfortunate, has suffered misfortune, has been in distress
From the root: ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a verb form indicating a completed action in the past with continuing relevance to the present. It describes someone who has experienced misfortune or distress. It is a compound word formed from the prefix 'δυσ-' (dys-), meaning 'bad' or 'difficult', and 'τυγχάνω' (tynchanō), meaning 'to happen' or 'to obtain'.
Inflection: Perfect Active Indicative, 3rd Person Singular
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 11:368
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧ — unfortunate, unhappy, wretched, miserable, to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, misfortune, calamity, distress, a misfortune, an unfortunate event
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΙΝ — to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, to be in distress, to suffer misfortune
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ — to be unfortunate, to be unhappy, to fare ill
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — unfortunate, having been unfortunate, those who were unfortunate
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΕΙΝ — to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, to fare ill, to suffer misfortune
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