Fortuna

Examples

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• Ripa's personification of fortune ("Fortuna") has a globe on her head, which he relates to motion.

  Academic text (2013)

• "Fortuna" certainly plays a significant role throughout his prose and poetic works.

  Fiction book (1991)

• That's why Lady Fortuna was back in your country's ancient days.

  Chris Williamson

• Silently, I gave thanks to Fortuna, the Roman goddess of JetBlue airline miles, and went to bed.

  Blog text (19)

• In characterizing this aspect of fortuna, Kentridge goes on: "The sensation was more of discovery than invention."

  Academic text (2000)

• With a smile or two from Fortuna, human beings sometimes do and therefore sometimes can make their lives enjoyable and themselves worthy of their own self-esteem.

  Academic text (2000)

• As she neared the front gates of the Castries Central Market, her aunt Fortuna called out, "Morning, Clementina."

  Fiction book (1998)

• A massive composition probably made during the late second century BCE, it was recovered from the famous complex dedicated to Fortuna near Rome (Fig. 9).

  Academic text (2012)

• Even more appropriately, dice were representative of Fortuna in the Middle Ages, and Fortuna herself was often represented as a shape-shifter, as a frequent changer of face and dress, and as a showy, gaudy dresser, drawing attention to her garments.

  Academic text (1996)

• In ancient Rome, the people prayed to Fortuna for luck in their endeavors.

Synonyms

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Tyche

vsFortuna

• Literature

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A Greek goddess of luck and chance

is the Roman form associated with luck and Roman tradition

Surface Forms

Etymology