τύχη .τύχη (ῠ), ἡ, cf. τυγχάνω the good which man obtains (τυγχάνει) by the favour of the gods, good fortune, luck, success, Theogn., Hdt., etc.; σὺν τύχῃ Soph.; θείᾳ τύχῃ, Lat. divinitus, Hdt., etc.:— hence Τύχη was deified, like Lat. Fortuna, Τύχη Σώτειρα Pind.; T. Σωτήρ Aesch. generally, fortune, chance, good or bad, in sg. and pl., Hdt., Attic rarely of positive ill fortune, ἢν χρήσωνται τύχῃ, i. e. if they are killed, Eur.; τύχῃ by ill-luck, Antipho. esp., ἀγαθὴ τ. Aesch., etc.; in dat. ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ "in Godʼs name, " Dem., etc.; by crasis, τύχἀγαθῇ Ar.;—this formula was also introduced into treaties, like Lat. quod felix faustumque sit, Λάχης εἶπε, τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ τῶν Ἀθηναίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν Decret. in Thuc.:—so ἐπʼ ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ Ar., etc. Adverbial usages, τύχῃ by chance, Lat. forte, forte fortuna, Soph., etc.; ἀπὸ τύχης Arist.; ἐκ τύχης Plat.; διὰ τύχην Isocr., etc.; κατὰ τύχην Thuc., etc. a chance, hap, accident, Aesch., Soph., etc.; τῆς τύχης, τὸ ἐμὲ τυχεῖν . . ! what a piece of ill-luck, that . . ! Xen.; mostly of mishaps, misfortunes, Aesch., etc.