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.
FORTUNE Copy link • FORTUNE(including “good fortune”), fortuna (the fortunate event which chance, fors, brings to pass, without any co-operation of ours; also, fortune personified as a deity; and in the plur. = goods bestowed on anybody by fortune): felicitas (the happy condition, fortune, as brought about by prudence, management, and talent; consequently, with man’s co-operation): salus (welfare): fors: sors: casus (chance, accident, with this distinction, that fors means a change or accident we cannot account for; sors, a man’s lot or fate, either as brought to pass by “fors,” or prepared by the man himself; casus denotes a single chance or accident that befalls anybody, and may be conducive either to his happiness or the reverse; this also, is brought to pass by “fors;” Vid: Hor., Sat., 1, 1, 1; 1, 6, 53): bonum (a good or gift bestowed on us by fortune): fortuna secunda or prospera; casus secundus (happy or fortunate event or circumstance; opposed to fortuna adversa, casus adversus): fortuna florens: res secundae or prosperae or florentes (fortunate circumstances, with reference to property, possession, domestic affairs, opposed to spoliata fortuna: res adversae): successus (favorable progress; of undertakings): eventus prosper (success): exitus prosper, felix, fortunatus (happy or favorable result or end): alea (something uncertain, risk, the trial of one’s luck). Blind fortune, fortuna caeca; casus caecus (a mere accident): he has obtained such wealth by one of fortune’s freaks, temeritate fortunae tantas opes adeptus est: by good fortune, forte fortuna (e.g., adfuit meus amicus); opportune (luckily; e.g., venit): may good fortune attend you! bene vertat! (as wish), quod approbet Deus, or approbent dii! hanc rem tibi volo bene et feliciter evenire: I rejoice in your good fortune, haud invideo tibi: fortune smiles upon anybody; he is favored by fortune, fortuna alicui favet, arridet, affulget: fortuna blanditur coeptis suis (i. e., habitually); fortuna prospera (secunda), or prospero flatu fortunae utitur (in a single instance; e.g., in an undertaking; the latter, Cic., Off., 2, 6, 19, in contradistinction to fortuna reflat); in omnibus rebus utitur felicitate; res alicui semper succedunt, or semper prospere eveniunt (in all cases): to experience good fortune in anything, fortuna uti in re: fortune favors anybody’s plans, comprobat alicujus consilium fortuna: to be a favorite of fortune, fortunae filium or alumnum esse (Hor., Sat., 2, 6, 49; Plin., 7, 7, 5); albae gallinae esse filium (Juv., 13, 141; but “fortunae in gremio sedere,” Cic., De Divin., 2, 41, 85, is said of Jupiter sitting in the lap of his nurse, the goddess Fortune; and hence is to be avoided in this proverbial saying): he had principally to thank his good fortune, that, etc., multum fortuna valuit ad, etc.: not to bear one’s good fortune meekly, rebus secundis or felicitate efferri: to consider it a piece of good fortune that, etc., felicem se dicere hoc, quod, etc.: to look upon anything as a piece of great good fortune, *aliquid in magna felicitatis suae parte ponere: to follow up one’s good fortune, successus suos urgere; fortunae suae instare: anybody’s good fortune deserts him; fortune frowns upon anybody, a fortuna desertum or derelictum esse (in war): to have one’s fortune in one’s own hands, fortunam in manibus habere: I have the good fortune to, etc., contingit mihi, ut, etc.: to place one’s fortunes in anybody’s hands, alicui fortunas suas committere: to try one’s fortune, whether one is to be master or slave, in dubiam imperii servitiique aleam ire (Liv., 1, 23, 9): to leave anything to fortune, aleam alicujus rei subire or adire: rem dare in aleam or in casum (to risk): to try one’s fortune, fortunam tentare or periclitari. Property, facultates: divitiae: pecuniae: bona, orum, plur.: res familiaris: fortunae: patrimonium: census: [SYN. in RICHES.] To have a fortune, opes habere; bona possidere; in bonis esse; in possessione bonorum esse: to have a great fortune, magnas facultates habere; locupletem et pecuniosum esse; copiis rei familiaris abundare: to have no fortune, facultatibus carere; pauperem esse: to come to (a) fortune, facultates acquirere: to make a fortune, bona sibi parare or sibi colligere: to increase one’s fortune, rem familiarem or facultates augere: to squander or spend one’s fortune, bona profundere; rem familiarem dissipare; bona abligurire (the last by expenses of the table): anybody’s fortune is all spent, opes familiares defecerunt: it is very rarely that a man improves his fortune by gambling, pauci admodum aleae lusu rebus suis consuluere. Of a woman, Vid: DOWRY.