δυστυχέω

dystycheo

to be unlucky, unfortunate

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book VIII 2
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832a2
832a5
Book IX 1
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877e2
Phaedrus 2
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233b2
250a3
Republic 2
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Book III 1
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399c2
Book IX 1
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580a5
Alcibiades II 1
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148d7
Laches 1
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183c8
Letters 1
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325c4
Menexenus 1
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243a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

δυστυχέω, Ion. impf. ἐδυστύχεον Hdt. 8.105: aor. ἐδυστύχησα Pl. Mx. 243a: pf. δεδυστύχηκα Id. La. 183c, Isoc. 4.55, Lyc.Trag.5:— Pass., v. infr.:—Α. to be unlucky, unfortunate, Hdt. l.c., etc.; ἐπεύχομαι τῷδε μὲν εὐτυχεῖν . . τοῖσι δὲ δ. A. Th. 482 (lyr.), cf.S. Ant. 1159; γάμοις E. Ph. 424; παίδων πέρι Id. Andr. 713; ἔν τινι Ar. Ra. 1449; εἴς τι Pl. La. 183c; κατὰ γῆν καὶ κατὰ θάλατταν Id. Alc. 2.148d; περί τι Plu. Cam. 11: c. acc., πάντα δυστυχῶ E. Hec. 429; δυστυχεῖν ἄμορφον γυναῖκα to be curst with . . , AP 11.287 (Pall.); μανίαν Ach.Tat. 4.17; τῆς ἀλλοδαπῆς βαρυτέραν τὴν πατρίδα δυστυχήσασα Hld. 10.16:—Pass. in same sense, ὅταν τις δυστυχηθῇ is made unfortunate, Pl. Lg. 877e; τὰ ὑφʼ ἑτέρων δυστυχηθέντα Lys. 2.70, cf. Plu. Pyrrh. 4.

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