rota Fortunae

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Etymology

An illustration of the rota Fortuna or Wheel of Fortune being turned by the Queen of Fortune, from a mid-15th-century version of John Lydgate’s Troy Book.

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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rota Fortunae

  1. (mythology, philosophy) 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)

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