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Definition of Fortuna
1. Noun. (Roman mythology) the goddess of fortune and good luck; counterpart of Greek Tyche.
Definition of Fortuna
1. Proper noun. (Roman god) The Roman goddess of luck, fortune and fate. The equivalent to the Greek goddess, Tyche. ¹
2. Proper noun. (astronomy) (w 19 Fortuna), the asteroid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fortuna
Literary usage of Fortuna
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities by Harry Thurston Peck (1897)
"He was said to have founded her oldest sanctuaries, as, for instance, that of
Fors fortuna, or lucky chance, on the right bank of the Tiber below Rome. ..."
2. History of Spanish literature by George Ticknor, Ticknor, George, 1791-1871 (1849)
"... tt I know of no edition of "La Barcelona in 1635, entitled "Juguetes fortuna
con Seso " earlier than one I de la fortuna." They were translated possess, ..."
3. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1892)
"... was really a misreading of the word ' fortuna,' which accompanies the figure
of Fortune on a coin of Carausius. ..."
4. The Mythology of All Races by Louis Herbert Gray, William Sherwood Fox, George Foot Moore, John Arnott MacCulloch (1916)
"fortuna. — If we follow the successive stages of fortuna's growth, we must rank
her as a nature-god. As far back as we can probe into her history, ..."
5. History of the City of Rome in the Middle Ages: Der Wendepunkt der Renaissance by Woldemar von Seidlitz, Ferdinand Gregorovius, Annie Hamilton (1903)
"... TIBER—TEMPLES OF fortuna VIRILIS AND VESTA—CONCLUDING REMARKS. The reader will
perhaps accompany us in a brief survey of Rome in the time of Otto III., ..."
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