Meaning of fortūna | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche.
   Roman, declension-1
2. fortune, luck
   declension-1
3. good fortune; misfortune (depending on context)
   declension-1
4. destiny, fate
   declension-1
5. prosperity
   declension-1
6. possessions
   declension-1, in-plural

Equivalents

Examples

“Vergilius, Aeneis, Book V, line 710”

All misfortune is to be overcome by enduring.

“Vergilius, Aeneis, Book X, lines 42-43”

Such we hoped, while good fortune was.

“Quibus rebus adductus Caesar non expectandum sibi statuit dum, omnibus fortunis sociorum consumptis, in Santonos Helvetii pervenirent.”

Caesar, induced by these circumstances, decides that he ought not to wait until the Helvetii, after destroying all the property of his allies, should arrive among the Santones.

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