εὐτυχία
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- εὐτῠχειᾰ (eutŭkheiă) — poetic
Etymology
εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + τῠ́χη (tŭ́khē, “luck”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, abstract noun suffix): Compare εὐτυχής (eutukhḗs, “lucky”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.ty.kʰí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eʍ.tyˈkʰi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eɸ.tyˈçi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ef.tyˈçi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ef.tiˈçi.a/
Noun
εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱ • (eutŭkhĭ́ā) f (genitive εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱς); first declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱ hē eutŭkhĭ́ā |
τὼ εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱ tṑ eutŭkhĭ́ā |
αἱ εὐτῠχῐ́αι hai eutŭkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱς tês eutŭkhĭ́ās |
τοῖν εὐτῠχῐ́αιν toîn eutŭkhĭ́ain |
τῶν εὐτῠχῐῶν tôn eutŭkhĭôn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ εὐτῠχῐ́ᾳ tēî eutŭkhĭ́āi |
τοῖν εὐτῠχῐ́αιν toîn eutŭkhĭ́ain |
ταῖς εὐτῠχῐ́αις taîs eutŭkhĭ́ais | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱν tḕn eutŭkhĭ́ān |
τὼ εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱ tṑ eutŭkhĭ́ā |
τᾱ̀ς εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eutŭkhĭ́ās | ||||||||||
| Vocative | εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱ eutŭkhĭ́ā |
εὐτῠχῐ́ᾱ eutŭkhĭ́ā |
εὐτῠχῐ́αι eutŭkhĭ́ai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: ευτυχία f (eftychía, “happiness”)
References
- “εὐτυχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐτυχία”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐτυχία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “εὐτυχία”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blessedness idem, page 83.
- bliss idem, page 83.
- fortune idem, page 340.
- happiness idem, page 384.
- joy idem, page 464.
- luck idem, page 503.
- prosperity idem, page 653.
- success idem, page 834.
- weal idem, page 970.
- welfare idem, page 973.