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Έγ', ὦ ταλαίπωρ', αὐτὸς ὧν χρείᾳ πάρει. Τὰ πολλὰ γάρ τοι ῥήματ' ἢ τέρψαντά τι, ἢ δυσχεράναντ', ἢ κατοικτίσαντά πως, παρέσχε φωνὴν τοῖς ἀφωνήτοις τινά –> Wretched brother, tell him what you need. A multitude of words can be pleasurable, burdensome, or they can arouse pity somehow — they give a kind of voice to the voiceless.
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===substantive=== | |||
P. and V. [[τύχη]], ἡ | [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τύχη]], ἡ | ||
[[accident]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[συμφορά]], ἡ, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[συντυχια]], ἡ. | |||
[[opportunity]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[καιρός]], ὁ. | |||
[[by chance]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τύχη]], [[prose|P.]] [[κατὰ τύχην]], [[ἐκ τύχης]]. | |||
[[if by chance]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[εἴ πως]], [[ἐάν πως]]. | |||
[[get the chance]], v.: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[δύναμαι]], [[δύνασθαι]]. | |||
[[throw away one's chances one by one]]: [[προΐεσθαι καθ' ἕκαστον ἀεί τι τῶν πραγμάτων]] ([[Demosthenes|Dem.]] 13). | |||
( | ([[they reflected]]) [[that]], [[if they had not been seen to have arrived]], [[there would have been no chance for them]]: [[prose|P.]] [[εἰ μὲν γὰρ μὴ ὤφθησαν ἐλθόντες]], [[οὐκ ἂν ἐν τύχῃ γίγνεσθαι σφίσιν]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 4, 73). | ||
===verb intransitive=== | |||
[[happen]], [[occur]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τυγχάνειν]], [[συντυγχάνειν]], [[συμβαίνειν]], [[γίγνομαι]], [[γίγνεσθαι]], [[παραπίπτειν]], [[συμπίπτειν]], [[ἐκβαίνειν]], [[prose|P.]] [[ἀποβαίνειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[συμφέρεσθαι]]. [[verse|V.]] [[κυρεῖν]], [[ἐκπίπτειν]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''Fragment''). | |||
[[chance]] ([[to do a thing]]): [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τυγχάνειν]] (part.), [[verse|V.]] [[κυρεῖν]] (part.). | |||
[[chance upon]]: see [[light on]]. | |||
===adjective=== | |||
[[casual]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὁ τυχών]], [[ὁ ἐπιτυχών]], [[ὁ προστυχών]], [[ὁ συντυχών]]. | |||
of [[persons only]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ὁ ἐντυχών]], [[ὁ παρατυχών]], [[verse|V.]] [[ὁ ἐπιών]]. | |||
[[the riddle was not one for any chance comer to solve]]: τό γ' [[αἴνιγμ' οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν]] ([[Sophocles|Soph.]], ''[[Oedipus Rex]]'' 393). | |||
[[making inquiries of any chance comer]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος πυνθανόμενος]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 1, 22). | |||
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English > Greek (Woodhouse)
substantive
accident: P. and V. συμφορά, ἡ, Ar. and P. συντυχια, ἡ.
opportunity: P. and V. καιρός, ὁ.
by chance: P. and V. τύχη, P. κατὰ τύχην, ἐκ τύχης.
if by chance: P. and V. εἴ πως, ἐάν πως.
get the chance, v.: P. and V. δύναμαι, δύνασθαι.
throw away one's chances one by one: προΐεσθαι καθ' ἕκαστον ἀεί τι τῶν πραγμάτων (Dem. 13).
(they reflected) that, if they had not been seen to have arrived, there would have been no chance for them: P. εἰ μὲν γὰρ μὴ ὤφθησαν ἐλθόντες, οὐκ ἂν ἐν τύχῃ γίγνεσθαι σφίσιν (Thuc. 4, 73).
verb intransitive
happen, occur: P. and V. τυγχάνειν, συντυγχάνειν, συμβαίνειν, γίγνομαι, γίγνεσθαι, παραπίπτειν, συμπίπτειν, ἐκβαίνειν, P. ἀποβαίνειν, Ar. and P. συμφέρεσθαι. V. κυρεῖν, ἐκπίπτειν (Soph., Fragment).
chance (to do a thing): P. and V. τυγχάνειν (part.), V. κυρεῖν (part.).
chance upon: see light on.
adjective
casual: P. and V. ὁ τυχών, ὁ ἐπιτυχών, ὁ προστυχών, ὁ συντυχών.
of persons only: P. ὁ ἐντυχών, ὁ παρατυχών, V. ὁ ἐπιών.
the riddle was not one for any chance comer to solve: τό γ' αἴνιγμ' οὐχὶ τοὐπιόντος ἦν ἀνδρὸς διειπεῖν (Soph., Oedipus Rex 393).
making inquiries of any chance comer: P. ἐκ τοῦ παρατυχόντος πυνθανόμενος (Thuc. 1, 22).
