Tyche
/ˈtaɪ.ki/
Tyche proper noun: the goddess of luck/fortune; counterpart of the Roman Fortuna.
Proper noun
Tyche (plural Tychai or Tyches)
- The goddess of luck/fortune; counterpart of the Roman Fortuna.
- The goddess Tyche was a very important deity in the Hellenistic world.¹⁵ "She was not blind chance, but some order of affairs that men could not comprehend."¹⁹ Tyche played her part in great events and in small ones[…].1933, Richard Mansfield Haywood, Studies on Scipio Africanus, Johns Hopkins Press, page 12
- At Caesarea, several gems depicting a Tyche, as well as a possible statue of Tyche found at Caesarea, show attributes of Isis.2000, Terence L. Donaldson (editor), Religious Rivalries and the Struggle for Success in Caesarea Maritima, Canadian Corporation for Studies in Religion, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, page 113
- Any of several city goddesses, typically regarded as aspects of the goddess of fortune.
- Tyche of Antioch
- Tyche of Constantinople
- The main belt asteroid 258 Tyche.
Examples of Tyche in a sentence
- Following the dedicatory page is the illustrated section II, comprising the representations of the city goddesses or divine Fortunes (Tyches) of four major cities of the late Roman empire.1990, Michele Renee Salzman, On Roman Time, University of California Press, page 27:
- The Tyches of individual cities featured prominently in late ancient art and coinage.2011, Alexei Sivertsev, Judaism and Imperial Ideology in Late Antiquity, Cambridge University Press, page 90:
Forms of Tyche
| plural | Tychai |
|---|---|
| plural | Tyches |
Origin of Tyche
Borrowed from Latin Tychē, from Ancient Greek Τύχη (Túkhē), from τύχη (túkhē, “fortune”). Compare Latin Tychō.
Words that rhyme with Tyche
Questions about Tyche
- What does Tyche mean?
- Tyche means the goddess of luck/fortune; counterpart of the Roman Fortuna.
- How do you use Tyche in a sentence?
- Following the dedicatory page is the illustrated section II, comprising the representations of the city goddesses or divine Fortunes (Tyches) of four major cities of the late Roman empire.
- What part of speech is Tyche?
- Tyche is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce Tyche?
- Tyche is pronounced /ˈtaɪ.ki/.
Words near Tyche in the dictionary
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