Definition of fortuna
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LEM
fortūna, fortūnae
noun (f., 1st declension)
  1. chance, hap, luck, fate, fortune
  2. [personified] the goddess of fate, Luck, Fortune
  3. [figuratively] state, condition, fortune, circumstances, fate, lot, position, rank
  4. good-luck, goodfortune, prosperity, success
  5. ill-luck, mishap, misfortune, adversity
  6. property, possessions, goods, fortune
Abbreviations
fortūna ae, f fors, chance, hap, luck, fate, fortune: volubilitas fortunae: plus fortunam quam consilium valere: fortunae rotam pertimescere: secunda Haud adversa, V.: rei p. fatalis: belli fortunam temptari, Cs.

—Person., the goddess of fate, Luck, Fortune, T., C., V.: Fortunae filius, fortune's favorite, H.: Fors Fortuna

— see fors.

—Fig., state, condition, fortune, circumstances, fate, lot, position, rank: fortunae commutatio, Cs.: prospera adversave: miserior, Cs.: servorum: populi R. conditione socii, fortunā servi: inferior fortunā: si eo meae fortunae redeunt, ut, etc., T.: suas fortunas eius fidei permittere, Cs.: cui cessit triplicis fortuna regni, the lot, O.

—Good-luck, goodfortune, prosperity, success: O fortuna, ut numquam perpetuo es data! T.: Marcello propter fortunam saepius imperia mandata: fortuna rei p. vicit, S.: superbum se praebuit in fortunā: a fortunā deseri, Cs.: fortunam habere, succeed, L.: Dum fortuna fuit, V.: Sed fortuna fuit, i. e. is gone, V.: Ut tu fortunam, sic nos te feremus, H.: summum fortunae, H.: quae sit fortuna facillima, way to success, V.

—Ill-luck, mishap, misfortune, adversity: quoniam sit fortunae cedendum, Cs.: Troiae Fortuna tristi clade iterabitur, H.

—Property, possessions, goods, fortune: Quo mihi fortunam, si non conceditur uti? H.: concessa aliis, O.: cum fortuna crevisset, N.: fortunas morte dimittere: fortunis sociorum consumptis, Cs.
 
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