ἈΤΥΧΗΣΕΙΝ, ἀτυχησειν
ATYCHĒSEIN, atychēsein
Sounds Like: ah-too-KHE-seen
Translations: to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, to fail, to suffer misfortune, to be unsuccessful
From the root: ἈΤΥΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the future active infinitive of the verb ἀτυχέω (atycheō). It means 'to be unfortunate' or 'to suffer misfortune'. It describes the state of experiencing bad luck or failure. For example, one might say 'he expects to be unfortunate' or 'they feared to fail'.
Inflection: Future, Active, Infinitive
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΤΥΧΕΩ.
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.
- ἈΤΥΧΕΙ — to be unlucky, to be unfortunate, to suffer misfortune
- ἈΤΥΧΕΙΝ — to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, to fare ill, to suffer misfortune
- ἈΤΥΧΗΣΑΙΤΕ — to be unfortunate, to be unlucky, to fail, to suffer misfortune
- ἈΤΥΧΗΣΗ — will be unfortunate, will fail, will be unlucky, to be unfortunate, to fail, to be unlucky
- ἈΤΥΧΟΥΣΙΝ — they are unfortunate, they are unlucky, they fare badly, they fail
- ἈΤΥΧΩΝ — unfortunate, being unfortunate, having ill fortune, faring ill, unlucky
- ἨΤΥΧΗΚΕΝΑΙ — to have been unfortunate, to have failed, to have met with misfortune
- ἨΤΥΧΗΜΕΝΩΝ — of the unfortunate, of the unlucky, of the distressed, of the miserable
- ἨΤΥΧΗΣΑΝ — they were unfortunate, they failed, they suffered misfortune, they were unsuccessful
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