ἀτυχής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ τύχη (túkhē, “luck, fortune”) +‎ -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.ty.kʰɛ̌ːs/ → /a.tyˈçis/ → /a.tiˈçis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.ty.kʰɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.tyˈkʰe̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.tyˈçis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.tyˈçis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.tiˈçis/

Adjective

ᾰ̓τῠχής • (atukhḗs) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓τῠχές); third declension

1. unfortunate
2. missing, without share in

Inflection

Third declension of ᾰ̓τῠχής; ᾰ̓τῠχές (contracted, Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓τῠχής atukhḗs	ᾰ̓τῠχές atukhés		ᾰ̓τῠχεῖ atukheî	ᾰ̓τῠχεῖ atukheî		ᾰ̓τῠχεῖς atukheîs	ᾰ̓τῠχῆ atukhê
Genitive		ᾰ̓τῠχοῦς atukhoûs	ᾰ̓τῠχοῦς atukhoûs		ᾰ̓τῠχοῖν atukhoîn	ᾰ̓τῠχοῖν atukhoîn		ᾰ̓τῠχῶν atukhôn	ᾰ̓τῠχῶν atukhôn
Dative		ᾰ̓τῠχεῖ atukheî	ᾰ̓τῠχεῖ atukheî		ᾰ̓τῠχοῖν atukhoîn	ᾰ̓τῠχοῖν atukhoîn		ᾰ̓τῠχέσῐ / ᾰ̓τῠχέσῐν atukhési(n)	ᾰ̓τῠχέσῐ / ᾰ̓τῠχέσῐν atukhési(n)
Accusative		ᾰ̓τῠχῆ atukhê	ᾰ̓τῠχές atukhés		ᾰ̓τῠχεῖ atukheî	ᾰ̓τῠχεῖ atukheî		ᾰ̓τῠχεῖς atukheîs	ᾰ̓τῠχῆ atukhê
Vocative		ᾰ̓τῠχές atukhés	ᾰ̓τῠχές atukhés		ᾰ̓τῠχεῖ atukheî	ᾰ̓τῠχεῖ atukheî		ᾰ̓τῠχεῖς atukheîs	ᾰ̓τῠχῆ atukhê
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓τῠχῶς atukhôs			ᾰ̓τῠχέστερος atukhésteros			ᾰ̓τῠχέστᾰτος atukhéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• γελσόν (gelsón)

Further reading

• “ἀτυχής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀτυχής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀτυχής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)