ἈΤΥΧΗ, ἀτυχη
ATYCHĒ, atychē
Sounds Like: ah-TOO-kheh
Translations: unfortunate, unlucky, a misfortune, misfortunes
From the root: ἈΤΥΧΗΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as being unfortunate or unlucky. It can also be used as a noun to refer to a misfortune or bad luck itself. In the provided context, 'ἈΤΥΧΗ' appears to be the neuter plural form of the adjective 'ἈΤΥΧΗΣ', meaning 'unfortunate things' or 'misfortunes'. It is a compound word formed from the negative prefix 'ἀ-' (a-, meaning 'not' or 'without') and 'τύχη' (tyche, meaning 'fortune' or 'luck').
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G0823 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 1:23
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΤΥΧΗΣ.
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.
- ἈΤΥΧΕΣ — unfortunate, unlucky, unhappy, an unfortunate thing
- ἈΤΥΧΕΣΤΑΤΟΣ — most unfortunate, most unlucky, very unfortunate
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