συντυχία
κατὰ τὸν δεύτερον, φασί, πλοῦν τὰ ἐλάχιστα ληπτέον τῶν κακῶν → we must as second best, as people say, take the least of the evils
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A occurrence, happening, incident, freq. with a qualifying epithet, ἀγαθή Thgn.590 = Sol.13.70; σ. κρυόεσσα Pi.I.1.38; δεινὴ καὶ μεγάλη Hdt.3.43; κατὰ σ. ἀγαθήν Ar.Av.544 (lyr.); καλὴ ἡ ξ, the conjuncture is fair, Th.1.33; ἐρωτικὴ ξ. an incident of a love-affair, Id.6.54: without any qualifying word, μεταλλαγαὶ συντυχίας changes of fortune, E.HF766 (lyr.); σ. τις τοιαύτη ἐπεγένετο Hdt.3.121; συντυχίῃ ταύτῃ χρησαμένη Id.5.41; θυμοῦμαι τῇ ξ. Ar.Ra.1006 (anap.); ὡς ἑκάστοις τῆς ξυντυχίας . . ἔσχεν according to the circumstances of each party, Th.7.57; ἅμα τοῦ ἔργου τῇ ξ. at the very moment of action, Id.3.112; ἀπὸ τοιαύτης ξ. Id.5.11; κατὰ συντυχίην by chance, Hdt.3.74, 9.21; κατά τινα σ. Plb.10.32.3, Gal.16.837; κατὰ σ. also, as it happens, as a matter of fact, OGI 331.19 (Pergam., ii B.C.): pl., the chances or incidents of life, circumstances, Th.3.45. 2 abs. also, acc. to the context, of good or evil chances, a happy event, success, Pi.P.1.36 (pl.); συντυχίῃ χρησάμενος καὶ σοφίῃ Hdt.1.68; θεῶν ἐπὶ συντυχίαις the happy issues due to them, S.Ant.157 (anap.). b mishap, mischance, ξυντυχίᾳ βαρυνόμενοι Cratin.166, cf. E.Tr.1119 (anap.), El.1358 (anap.), Pl. Phdr.248c, etc. c μειράκιον . . ἀποσκορακίσαν τὴν τοῦ Πυθαγόρου σ. the intervention of P., Iamb.VP25.112.
