ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΕΙΝ, δυστυχησειν
DYSTYCHĒSEIN, dystychēsein
Sounds Like: doos-too-KHE-seen
Translations: to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, to fare ill, to suffer misfortune
From the root: ΔΥΣΤΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the aorist active infinitive of the verb 'δυστυχέω', meaning 'to be unfortunate' or 'to suffer misfortune'. It describes the state of experiencing bad luck or adversity. As an infinitive, it often functions like a noun, expressing the action of 'being unfortunate' or 'suffering misfortune' without specifying a subject or tense, and can be used in various grammatical constructions, such as after verbs of wanting, needing, or being able to.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:33
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
- ΔΥΣΤΥΧΗΣΑΝΤΑΣ — unfortunate, having been unfortunate, those who were unfortunate
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