Significatio vocis fortūna | Babel Free
[fɔrˈtuː.na]Definitiones
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The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate, equivalent to the Greek goddess Tyche. Roman, declension-1
- fortune, luck
- good fortune; misfortune (depending on context)
- destiny, fate
- prosperity
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possessions declension-1, in-plural
Aequivalentia
Exempla
“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.
Gradus CEFR
B1
Medius
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
Hoc verbum pars est vocabularii CEFR B1 — gradus medius.
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