rota Fortunae

短语

发音

UK /ˌɹəʊtə ˈfɔːt͡ʃuːni/
US /ˌɹoʊtə ˈfoɹt͡ʃuni/
US /-ɾə/

释义与例句

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    Synonym of Wheel of Fortune (“the mythological wheel turned randomly by Fortuna, the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck, to determine people's fortunes which were thus unpredictable”).

    宗教 神话 哲学

词源

Unadapted borrowing from Latin rota Fortūnae (literally “Fortuna’s wheel”), from rota (“wheel”) + Fortūnae (the genitive dative singular of Fortūna (“the Roman goddess of fate, fortune, and luck”)).

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