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ἀτυχέω

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Gloss: be unfortunate

Transliteration: atucheō

Strong’s: G6596

1. to be unlucky or unfortunate, fail, miscarry , (Herdotus Historicus), etc.
2. with genitive, to fail of a thing, fail in getting or gaining it, τῆς ἀληθείας (Xenophon Historicus); so, with participle, (Thucydides)
3. ἀτ. πρός τινα to fail with another, i. e. to fail in one's request, (Xenophon Historicus):—;Pass., τὰ ἀτυχηθέντα mischances, failures , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
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