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τύχη [ῠ], ἡ,
Boeotian dialect τιούχα [[ “IG” 7.2809.1 (Hyettus, 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+], τούχα [[[prev. work]3083 (Lebad., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]: (τεύχω, τυγχάνω [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus 1.2)] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—the act of a god, τύχᾳ δαίμονος [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.67; ἄπαιδές ἐσμεν δαίμονός τινος τύχῃ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 671; τύχᾳ θεῶν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.53 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν θεοῦ τύχᾳ, σὺν Χαρίτων τύχᾳ, [[ [prev. author] “N.” 6.24, 4.7; θείῃ τύχῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.126, 3.139, 4.8, 5.92. ; ἐὰν θεία τις συμβῇ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 592a; θείᾳ τινὶ τύχῃ [prev. author] “Ep.” 327e; ἐκ θείας τύχης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1326; δαιμονίως ἔκ τινος τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 25e; πῶς οὖν μάχωμα θνητὸς ὢν θείᾳ τύχ; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 196 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἆρα θείᾳ κἀπόνῳ τάλας τύχῃ [ὄλωλε]; [[ [prev. author] “OC” 1585; ἐμὲ.. δαιμονία τις τύχη κατέχει 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Ma.” 304c: ἄσημα δ᾽ ου᾽κέτ᾽ ε᾽στὶν οἷ φθίνει τύχα Κύπριδος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 371 (Lyric poetry); ἐξεπλήσσου τῇ τ. τῇ τῶν θεῶν [prev. author] “IA” 351 (troch.); δαίμονος τύχα βαρεῖα [prev. author] “Rh.” 728 (Lyric poetry); τὰς.. δαιμόνων τ. ὅστις φέρει κάλλιστα [prev. author] “fragment” 37. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__b the act of a human being, πέμψον τιν᾽ ὅστις σημανεῖ—ποίας τύχα; will order—what action? [[ [prev. author] “IT” 1209 (troch.). ] Refs]
__2 especially ἀναγκαία τύχη, as a paraphrase for Ἀνάγκη, Necessity, Fate, τέθνηκ᾽ Ὀρέστης ἐξ ἀναγκαίας τύχης [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 48; τῆς ἀ. τ. οὐκ ἔστιν οὐδὲν μεῖζον ἀνθρώποις κακόν [prev. author] “Aj.” 485 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρόστητ᾽ ἀ. τ.[[ [prev. work] 803; εἴ τις ἀ. τ. γίγνοιτο 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 806a: also _plural_, ἀλλ᾽ ἥκομεν γὰρ εἰς ἀναγκαίας τύχας θυγατρὸς αἱματηρὸν ἐκπρᾶξαι φόνον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 511. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II regarded as an agent or cause beyond human control:
__II.1 fortune, providence, fate, πάντα τύχη καὶ μοῖρα, Περίκλεες, ἀνδρὶ δίδωσι [[ 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 16; ἡμῖν ἐκ πάντων τοῦτ᾽ ἀπένειμε τύχη 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 100; πύργοις δ᾽ ἀπειλεῖ δείν᾽, ἃ μὴ κραίνοι τύχη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 426; ἐπ᾽ εὐμενεῖ τύχᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 14.15; μετὰ τύχης ευ᾽μενοῦς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 813a; κατελθὼν δεῦρο πρευμενεῖ τύχῃ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1647; ὁρμώμενον βροτοῖσιν εὐπόμπῳ τύχῃ [prev. author] “Eu.” 93: personified, Σώτειρα Τύχα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 12.2; Τ. Σωτήρ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 664, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 80 ] Refs 7th c.BC+]; ἐμαυτὸν παῖδα τῆς Τ. νέμων τῆς εὖ διδούσης[[ [prev. work] 1080; [Τύχα].. Προμαθείας θυγάτηρ 7th c.BC: Alcman Lyricus 62, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “Fragmenta.” 41, 1st-2nd c.AD: Dio Chrysostomus Sophista 63.7; πάντων τύραννος ἡ Τύχη 'στὶ τῶν θεῶν “Tragica Adespota” 506, compare 505; Τύχα, μερόπων ἀρχά τε καὶ τέρμα.. προφερεστάτα θεῶν “Lyrica Adespota” 139. ] Refs 7th c.BC+]
__II.2 chance, regarded as an impersonal cause, τύχη φορὰ ἐξ ἀδήλου εἰς ἄδηλον, καὶ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτομάτου αἰτία δαιμονίας πράξεως [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Definitiones” 411b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; coupled with τὸ αὐτόματον, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Physica” 195b31, +others; defined as αἰτία ἄδηλος ἀνθρωπίνῳ λογισμῷ “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.281; πειρῶ τύχης ἄνοιαν ἀνδρείως φέρειν 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 812; τὰ τῆς τύχης φέρειν δεῖ γνησίως τὸν εὐγενῆ 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 281, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Apollodorus Comicus 17, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 252, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 205; οὐκ ἔχουσιν αἱ τ. φρένας 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 287; τῆς ἀναγκαίας μέν, ἀγνώμονος δὲ τ. οὐχ ὡς δίκαιον ἦν, ἀλλ᾽ ὡς ἐβούλετο, κρινάσης τὸν ἀγῶνα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 2.5 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; personified and said to be blind, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 417b, “Kon.” 14, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.98a; τί δ᾽ ἂν φοβοῖτ᾽ ἄνθρωπος, ᾧ τὰ τῆς τ. κρατεῖ, πρόνοια δ᾽ ἐστὶν οὐδενὸς σαφή; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 977 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἂν μὲν ἡ τ. συνεπιλαμβάνηται.., ἂν δ᾽ ἀντιπίπτῃ τὰ τῆς τ., [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.49.7, 8; ἡ Τ. σχεδὸν ἅπαντα τὰ τῆς οἰκουμένης πράγματα πρὸς ἓν ἔκλινε μέρος [prev. author] 1.4.1, compare 1.63.9, 2.38.5, 36.17.1; τῆς Τ. ὥσπερ ἐπίτηδες ἀναβιβαζούσης ἐπὶ σκηνὴν τὴν τῶν Ῥοδίων ἄγνοιαν [prev. author] 29.19.2, compare 23.10.16, 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Historicus 39J. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐκ ἂν ἐν τύχῃ γίγνεσθαι σφίσι would not depend on chance, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.73; ὁ πόλεμος φιλεῖ ἐς τύχας περιίστασθαι [prev. author] 1.78, compare 69 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύχῃ by chance, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 1182, “Ph.” 546, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.144, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to φύσει, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 323d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀπὸ τύχης, opposed to ἀπὸ παρασκευῆς, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.10 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀπὸ φύσεως, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1032a29; ἀπὸ τ. ἀπροσδοκήτου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 920d; ἐκ τύχης [prev. author] “Phdr.” 265c, “R.” 499b, etc.; διὰ τύχην 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.132, 9.45; δίκαιος οὐδεὶς ἀπὸ τύχης οὐδὲ διὰ τὴν τ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1323b29; κατὰ τύχην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.49, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.4.13; τῆς τ. εὖ μετεστεώσης 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.118; τὸ τῆς τ. ἀφανές 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 785, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.45. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III regarded as a result:
__III.1 good fortune, success, δὸς ἄμμι τ. εὐδαιμονίην τε [[ “Hymni Homerici” 11.5; μοῦνον ἀνδρὶ γένοιτο τ. 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 130; τ. μόνον προσείη 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1315 (Lyric poetry); εἴ οἱ τ. ἐπίσποιτο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.10.δ, compare 1.32 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; σὲ γὰρ θεοὶ ἐπορῶσι· οὐ γὰρ ἄν.. ἐς τοσοῦτο τύχης ἀπίκευ[[ [prev. work] 124; ἐπειδήπερ ἐν τούτῳ τύχης εἰσί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.33; σὺν τύχᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 5.48, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 775 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σὺν τ. τινί A [[ “Ch.” 138, compare “Th.” 472; τύχᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 10.25, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 594 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ πεποιθότες τύχῃ not believing in our good fortune, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 668; γλῶσσαν ἐν τύχᾳ νέμων [prev. work] 685 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; σοφῶν γὰρ ἀνδρῶν ταῦτα, μὴ 'κβάντας τύχης, καιρὸν λαβόντας, ἡδονὰς ἄλλας λαβεῖν without stepping out of success already attained, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 907; τὰς γὰρ παρούσας οὐχὶ σῴζοντες τ. ὤλοντ᾽ ἐρῶντες μειζόνων ἀβουλίᾳ [prev. author] “fragment” 1077: with _genitive_ _of things_, Ζεῦ τέλει᾽, αἰδῶ δίδοι καὶ τύχαν τερπνῶν γλυκεῖαν 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 13.115. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.2 ill fortune, τὰς ἐκ θεῶν τύχας δοθείσας.. φέρειν [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1317 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ τύχας in misfortune, opposed to κατὰ.. εὐπραγίας, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 732c; τοιαύτῃσι περιέπιπτον τύχῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τύχῃ by ill-luck, opposed to ἀδικίᾳ, [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to προνοίᾳ, [[ [prev. author] 5.6 ] Refs]; ἔστιν ἡ τ. τοῦ ἄρξαντος the ill-luck is his who began the fray, [[ [prev. author] 4.4.8 ] Refs]; of death, ἢν χρήσωνται τύχῃ, i. e. if they are killed, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 714, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.120, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 5.29; δεχομένοις λέγεις θανεῖν σε, τὴν τ. δ᾽ αἱρούμεθα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1653; τ. ἑλεῖν [prev. author] “Supp.” 380, compare “Pr.” 106, 274, 290 (_anapaest meter_); ὦ τῆς ἀώρου θύγατερ ἀθλία τύχης 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 425: personified, εἰ μὴ τὴν Τ. αὐτὴν λέγεις] Refs 5th c.BC+] *misfortune herself, [[[prev. work] 786. ] Refs]
__III.3 in a neutral sense, mostly in plural 'fortunes', ποίαις ὁμιλήσει τύχαις [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.61; πρὸς τὸ παρὸν ἀεὶ βουλεύεσθαι καὶ ταῖς τ. ἐπακολουθεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 6.34 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ἐλπίδ᾽ οὐ χρὴ τῆς τ. κρίνειν πάρος the event, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 724; ἐπὶ τῇσι παρεούσῃσι τύχῃσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.236; ἐγὼ δὲ τὴν παροῦσαν ἀντλήσω τ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 377; φέρειν ἀνάγκη τὰς παρεστώσας τ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 1024: with _genitive_ _of things_, κοινὰς εἶναι τὰς τ. τοῖς ἅπασι καὶ τῶν κακῶν καὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 24. 22.] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.4 the quality of the fortune or fate may be indicated by an adjective, ἀγαθὴ τ. or ἡ ἀγαθὴ τ.,[[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 755 (Lyric poetry), 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 360, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 4.3, etc.; πολλῇ χρῷτ᾽ ἂν ἀγαθῇ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 640d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in prayers and good wishes, εὐχώμεσθα Διὶ.. θεσμοῖς τοῖσδε τ. ἀγαθὴν καὶ κῦδος ὀπάσσαι [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus [31] ] Refs 6th c.BC+]; θεὸς τ. ἀγαθάν (i.e. δότω) [[ “GDI” 1930, +others (Delph., 2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: in nominative, θεός, τύχα ἀγαθά [[ “IG” 42(1).47.1, 121.1 (Epid., 4th c.BC), 73.1 ([prev. passage], 3rd c.BC): frequently in _dative_, ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ] Refs 4th c.BC+] by God's help, Latin quod di bene vortant, ἀγαθᾷ τύχᾳ [[[prev. work]103.119 ([prev. passage], 4th c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀλλ᾽ ἴωμεν ἀγαθῇ τ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 625c; ταῦτα ποιεῖτ᾽ ἀγ. τ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.18; τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.120, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 177e, “Cri.” 43d, etc.; in Comedy texts with crasis, ἡγοῦ δὴ σὺ νῷν τύχἀγαθῇ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 675, compare 436, “Ec.” 131, 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 19 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; as a formula in treaties, decrees, etc., Αάχης εἶπε, τύχῃ ἀγαθῇ τῇ Ἀθηναίων ποιεῖσθαι τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν Decrees cited in [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.118, etc.; ἀγ. τ. τῇ Ἀθηναίων “IG” 12.39.40; also ἐπ᾽ ἀγαθῇ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 869, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 757e; μετ᾽ ἀγαθῆς τ. [prev. work] 732d; τύχῃ ἀμείνονι, ἐπ᾽ ἀμείνοσι τύχαις, [prev. work] 856e, 878a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also τύχᾳ σὺν ἔσλᾳ [[ 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 9.4; ἐπὶ τύχῃσι χρηστῇσι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.119: with κακός] Refs 7th c.BC+] or equivalent words, τ. παλίγκοτος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 571; ἡ δέ τοι τ. κακὴ μὲν αὕτη γ᾽ ἀλλὰ συγγνώμην ἔχει 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 328; ἐν τοιᾷδε κείμενος κακῇ τ. [prev. author] “Aj.” 323; τίς τῆσδ᾽ ἔτ᾽ ἐχθίων τύχ; 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 438; πρὶν αἰσχρᾷ περιπεσεῖν τύχῃ τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 498; ὅταν τις ἡμῶν δυστυχῆ λάβῃ τ. [prev. author] “Tr.” 471, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.102; ἀλιτηριώδης τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 881e; ποινὴν καὶ κακὴν τ. 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 5.16. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__III.5 with genitive (or possessive adjective) of the person who enjoys or endures the fortune or fate, τῶν ἐν Θερμοπύλαις θανόντων εὐκλεὴς μὲν ἁ τύχα, καλὸς δ᾽ ὁ πότμος [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 4.2; θεῶν δ᾽ ὄπιν ἄφθιτον αἰτέω, Εέναρκες, ὑμετέραις τύχαις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.72; ὤμοι βαρείας ἆρα τῆς ἐμῆς τ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 980; κατεδάκρυσε τὴν ἑαυτοῦ τ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 5.4.31; ἐπὶ τῇ τῶν Ἀρκάδων τ. ἥσθησαν [prev. author] “HG” 7.1.32; πρὸς τὰς τ. τῶν ἐναντίων ἐπαίρεσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.11; τῆς ὑμετέρας τ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 1.1; τὴν ἰδίαν τ. τὴν ἐμὴν καὶ τὴν ἑνὸς ἡμῶν ἑκάστου [prev. author] 18.255. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV the τ. or ἀγαθὴ τ. of a person or city is sometimes thought of as permanently belonging to him or it, as a faculty for good fortune, destiny, almost ={δαίμων} [[ I.2, 11.3, τὸν δαίμονα καὶ τὴν τ. τὴν συμπαρακολουθοῦσαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ φυλάξασθαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.157; ἐπισφαλές ἐστι πιστεύειν ἀνδρὸς ἑνὸς τύχῃ τηλικαῦτα πράγματα 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 26; νὴ τὴν σὴν τ. 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.20.29: personified, θύειν Τύχῃ Ἀγαθῇ πατρὸς καὶ μητρὸς Ποσειδωνίου κριόν “SIG” 1044.34 (Halic., 4th-3rd c.BC)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; a statue of the Τύχη of the City of Antioch executed by Eutychides, [[ 2nd c.AD: Pausanias Periegeta 6.2.7 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: so of rulers, ἀγαθῇ τύχῃ τῇ Πτολεμαίου τοῦ Σωτῆρος [[ “OGI” 16 (Halic., 3rd c.BC)] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; διὰ τὴν τ. τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου βασιλέως [[ “BGU” 1764.8 (1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; νὴ τὴν Καίσαρος τ. [[ 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 4.1.14; ὀμνύω τὴν.. Σεβαστοῦ τ. “Sammelb.” 7440.19 (2nd c.AD),compare “BGU” 1583.23 (2nd c.AD)] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of officials, e.g. the ἐπιστράτηγος, ἐάν σου τῇ εὐμενεστάτῃ τύχῃ δόξῃ [[ “Sammelb.” 7361.21 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__IV.2 = Latin Fortuna; Τ. Σωτήριος, = Fortuna Redux, [[ Mon.Anc.Gr. 6.7] Refs]; Τ. Πρωτογένεια, = F. Primigenia, [[ “SIG” 1133 (Delos, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__IV.3 position, station in life, ἐγὼ μὲν δὴ τοιαύτῃ συμβεβίωκα τύχῃ.., σὺ δ᾽ ὁ σεμνὸς.. σκόπει.. ποίᾳ τινὶ κέχρησαι τύχῃ.. τὸ μέλαν τρίβων κτλ. [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.258; πάσῃ τ. καὶ ἡλικίᾳ “BCH” 15.184, 198,204 (from Panamara)] Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἰκέτης τὴν τ. [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 7.48; ἀμφίβολόν ἐστι πότερον ἡλικίας τοὔνομα ἢ τύχης 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 3.76; οἱ δουλικὴν τ. εἰληχότες “POxy.” 1186.5 (4th c.AD), compare 1101.7, 11, 21, 24 (4th c.AD), etc.] Refs 2nd c.AD+]; rank, βουλευτικὴ τ. [[ “PLond.” 3.1015.1, 4 (6th c.AD),compare “Codex Justinianus [4th-6th c.AD]” 1.3.52.1, 4.20.15.1, 9.5.2. ] Refs 6th c.AD+]
__V Astrology texts uses:
__V.1 ={Σελήνη}, Vett. Val.126.15; ἀγαθὴ τ. the κλῆρος of the moon, [[ “Catalogus Codicum Astrologorum” 4.81. ] Refs]
__V.2 ἀγαθὴ and κακὴ τ. names of two of the twelve regions, Vett. Val.69.13,14.
__VI [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Pythagoras Philosophus name for 7, “Theologumena Arithmeticae” 44. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
