fortune Copy link Outline I. The goddess so calledII. Issue, chance; whether good or ill1. fortūna2. fēlīcĭtas (good f.)3. fors, sors, cāsusIII. A fortune1. res fămĭliāris2. census, ūs, m. (strictly with reference to the quinquennial census)3. dīvĭtiae, ŏpes, făcultātes, bŏna (v. RICHES)4. patrĭmōnium, hērēdĭtas (inherited f.)5. dos, dōtis, f. (f. of a woman) • fortune: I. The goddess so called: Fortūna: a child of F., Fortunae filius, Hor. S. 2, 6, 49: to dread F.'s wheel, Fortunae rotam pertimescere, Cic. in Pis. 10, 22. II. Issue, chance; whether good or ill: 1. fortūna: good or bad f., prospera (secunda) adversave f., Cic.: flourishing (highly prosperous) f., florens f., Cic.: prostrate (or depressed) f., afflicta f., Cic.: when used without an adj., it is usu. taken in good sense: while f. lasted, dum f. fuit, Virg. 2. fēlīcĭtas (good f.): in a first-rate general there should be these four things; knowledge of war, bravery, authority, good f., in summo imperatore, quatuor has res inesse oportere; scientiam rei militaris, virtutem, auctoritatem, f., Cic. Manil. 10, 28: by incredible good f., the S. wind changed to a S. W., incredibili f. Auster in Africum se vertit, Caes. B. C. 3, 26, fin. 3. fors, sors, cāsus: v. chance, lot. III. A fortune: the total of a man's property: 1. res fămĭliāris: when their private f.s were exhausted, ubi f. res defecerant, Sall. Cat. 13: the private f. of one of them is very scanty; that of the other barely enough for a knight, res f. alteri eorum valde exigua est; alteri vix equestris, Cic. Fam. 9, 13: to squander one's f., rem f. dissipare, Cic. Fam. 4, 7, fin. Res is also found in same sense, with privata, patria; or absol.: their extravagance neither their private f.s can sustain, nor can the commonwealth, sumptus neque res privatae possunt sustinere, neque respublica, Cic. Att. 9, 7, med.: birth and worth without a f. are not worth a straw, et genus et virtus nisi cum re vilior alga est, Hor. S. 2, 5, 8: to make, possess, increase, a f., rem facere, habere, augere, Cic.: a splendid f., r. magna, Hor.: a humble f., r. tenuis, Hor. Ep. 1, 20, 20: narrow f., r. angusta domi, Juv. 3, 165: to waste one's f., r. patriam perdere, Hor. S. 1, 4, 110: to swallow up ("run through") a f., rem comedere, devorare, Cic. Fam. 11, 21. 2. census, ūs, m. (strictly with reference to the quinquennial census): a man without a character and without a f., homo sine existimatione et sine c., Cic. Fl. 22, 52: their private f. was scanty, that of the commonwealth large, privatus illis c. erat brevis, commune magnum, Hor. Od. 2, 15, 13: f. awards honours, f. friendships, dat c. honores, c. amicitias, Ov. Fast. 1, 217: a man of slender f., homo tenui c., Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 56. 3. dīvĭtiae, ŏpes, făcultātes, bŏna (v. riches): to make a f., divitias f., Pl.; d. parare (comparare), Justin.: Ov. (v. to get): possessing a moderate f., modicus facultatibus, Plin. Ep. 6, 32, 2: frugality with contentment is a f., divitiae grandes homini sunt vivere parce aequo animo, Lucr. (compare, parsimonia est magnum vectigal, Cic. Par. 6, 3, 49): not to be able to get through their f. with all their extravagance, summa lubidine divitias vincere (a strongly fig. expression) nequire, Sall. Cat. 20: comp. bona patria lacerare, ib. 14. 4. patrĭmōnium, hērēdĭtas (inherited f.): v. patrimony, inheritance. 5. dos, dōtis, f. (f. of a woman): v. dowry. Phr.: to tell f.s, hăriŏlor, 1: v. fortune-teller; to divine.