δυστυχία

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From δῠσ- (dus-, bad) +‎ τῠ́χη (túkhē, fortune, fate) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, feminine abstract substantive).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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δῠστῠχῐ́ᾱ (dustukhíāf (genitive δῠστῠχῐ́ᾱς); first declension

  1. misfortune; ill luck
    • 460 BCE – 395 BCE, Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 7.LXXXVI:
      Καὶ ὁ μὲν τοιαύτῃ ἢ ὅτι ἐγγύτατα τούτων αἰτίᾳ ἐτεθνήκει, ἥκιστα δὴ ἄξιος ὢν τῶν γε ἐπ’ ἐμοῦ Ἑλλήνων ἐς τοῦτο δυστυχίας ἀφικέσθαι διὰ τὴν πᾶσαν ἐς ἀρετὴν νενομισμένην ἐπιτήδευσιν.
      Kaì ho mèn toiaútēi ḕ hóti engútata toútōn aitíāi etethnḗkei, hḗkista dḕ áxios ṑn tôn ge ep’ emoû Hellḗnōn es toûto dustukhías aphikésthai dià tḕn pâsan es aretḕn nenomisménēn epitḗdeusin.
      • 1874 translation by Richard Crawley
        This or the like was the cause of the death of a man who, of all the Hellenes in my time, least deserved such a fate, seeing that the whole course of his life had been regulated with strict attention to virtue.

Inflection

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References

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Greek

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Etymology

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From the Ancient Greek δυστυχία f (dustukhía, misfortune).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ðistiˈçia]
  • Hyphenation: δυ‧στυ‧χί‧α

Noun

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δυστυχία (dystychíaf (plural δυστυχίες)

  1. misfortune; an undesirable event
  2. (uncountable) unhappiness

Declension

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Antonyms

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  • (antonym(s) of unhappiness): ευτυχία f (eftychía, happiness)
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Further reading

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