luck Copy link Outline I. Chance, accidentII. Fortune, good or bad • luck: I. Chance, accident: cāsus, ūs; fors; fortūna: v. chance. II. Fortune, good or bad: (i). good luck: fēlīcĭtas: Cic. Man. 10, 28; fortūna secunda: v. prosperity. Phr.: may the gods give you good l. in what you undertake, dii vertant bene quod agas! Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 121: I wish you good l., I say, and I applaud you, feliciter velim, inquam, teque laudo, Cic. Att. 13, 42: with good l., secundis avibus, Liv. 6, 12; bonis avibus, Ov. F. 1, 513. (ii). bad luck: infēlīcĭtas, Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 5 fortūna adversa, Cic. (a more dignified expr. than the Eng.): v. adversity. Phr.: to have better l. at dice, prosperiore alea uti, Suet. Cal. 41: with bad l., malis avibus, cf. Hor. Od. 1, 15, 5.