ἀτυχέω

A. ‐ήσω Ar. Nu. 427, Eup. 114: aor. ἠτύχησα Hdt. 9.111, Antipho 4.2.6: pf. ἠτύχηκα D. 20.53, Men. 149, Philem. 107: rarely in Pass. (v. infr.):—to be unfortunate, fail, miscarry, Ar. Nu. 427, Th. 1.32, etc.; opp. κατορθόω, Isoc. 3.24, etc.; ἀ. ἔν τινι Id. 12.105; πεζῇ Arist. Pol. 1303a8; οἱ ἀτυχοῦντες, = οἱ ἀτυχεῖς, Antipho 2.4.9: euphem. for ἀτιμοῦσθαι, D. 21.60.

2. c. gen.,fail of a thing, fail in getting it, τῆς ἀληθείας Pl. Tht. 186c; τῶν δικαίων οὐδενός X. HG 3.1.22: c. part., ἀ. κτώμενοι Th. 2.62, cf. Men. Epit. 470: c. inf., Vett. Val.358.30: c. acc., τὸ ἀγαθόν Eun. VS p.469B.

3. fail in one's request, meet with a refusal, Hdt. 9.111; πρός τινα X. Cyr. 1.3.14; παρὰ θεῶν. . ib.1.6.6; τι παρά τινος IG 2.86; ἀ. τινός Eup. 114:—Pass., τὰ ἀτυχηθέντα mischances, failures, D. 18.212; τὰ ἠτυχημένα J. AJ 16.8.6; ἠτύχητο ἡ μάχη D.H. Isoc. 9.—Chiefly in Com. and Att. Prose, never in Trag.