ἀτυχέω

atycheo

to be unfortunate, fail, miscarry

Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 7
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10

1096a1
Book IV 1
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35

1124a16
Book V 1
Chapter 8 1135a15–1136a9

1135b19
Book IX 4
Chapter 9 1169b3–1170b19

1169b15

Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28

1171a22
1171b1
1171b20
Rhetoric 5
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Book I 2
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1367b16

Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32

1369a30
Book II 2
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15

1384b36

Chapter 9 1386b8–1387b21

1387b16
Book III 1
Chapter 9 1409a22–1410b5

1410a8
Eudemian Ethics 3
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Book VII 1
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12

1235b11
Book VIII 2
Chapter 2 1246b37–1248b7

1247a13
1247b38
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 96a20–97b39

97b22
Physics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 5 196b10–197a35

197a28
Poetics 1
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Chapter 11 1452a22–1452b13

1452b2
Politics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16

1303a8

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀτυχέω, fut. -ήσω Ar. Nu. 427, Eup. 114: aor. ἠτύχησα Hdt. 9.111, Antipho 4.2.6: pf. ἠτύχηκα D. 20.53, Men. 149, Philem. 107: rarely in Pass. (v. infr.):—Α. to be unfortunate, fail, miscarry, Ar. Nu. 427, Th. 1.32, etc.; opp. κατορθόω, Isoc. 3.24, etc.; ἀ. ἔν τινι Id. 12.105; πεζῇ Arist. Pol. 1303a8; οἱ ἀτυχοῦντες, = οἱ ἀτυχεῖς, Antipho 2.4.9: euphem. for ἀτιμοῦσθαι, D. 21.60. 2. c. gen.,fail of a thing, fail in getting it, τῆς ἀληθείας Pl. Tht. 186c; τῶν δικαίων οὐδενός X. HG 3.1.22: c. part., ἀ. κτώμενοι Th. 2.62, cf. Men. Epit. 470: c. inf., Vett. Val.358.30: c. acc., τὸ ἀγαθόν Eun. VSp.469B. 3. fail in oneʼs request, meet with a refusal, Hdt. 9.111; πρός τινα X. Cyr. 1.3.14; παρὰ θεῶν. . ib.1.6.6; τι παρά τινος IG 2.86; ἀ. τινός Eup. 114:—Pass., τὰ ἀτυχηθέντα mischances, failures, D. 18.212; τὰ ἠτυχημένα J. AJ 16.8.6; ἠτύχητο ἡ μάχη D.H. Isoc. 9.—Chiefly in Com. and Att. Prose, never in Trag.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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