ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ, δυστυχησαντας
DYSTYCHĒSANTAS, dystychēsantas
Sounds Like: dys-too-KHEE-san-tas
Translations: unfortunate, having been unfortunate, those who were unfortunate
From the root: ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a participle derived from the verb 'dystychéō', meaning 'to be unfortunate' or 'to fare ill'. As a participle, it describes someone or something that has experienced misfortune. It can be translated as 'unfortunate' or 'those who were unfortunate' depending on the context. It is often used to describe people who are in a state of adversity or distress.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Participle, Accusative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G1457 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 31:284
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 2:25
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.
- ΔΕΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΚΕΝ — has been unfortunate, has suffered misfortune, has been in distress
- 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
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΕΙΝ — to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, to fare ill, to suffer misfortune
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