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εὐδαίμων

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐδαίμων εὐδαῖμον

Structure: εὐδαιμων (Stem)

Sense

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius / spirit.
  2. happy
  3. (substantive) a good genius

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐδαίμων εύ̓δαιμον
Genitive εὐδαίμονος εὐδαίμονος
Dative εὐδαίμονι εὐδαίμονι
Accusative εὐδαίμονα εύ̓δαιμον
Vocative εὐδαῖμον εύ̓δαιμον
DualN/A/V εὐδαίμονε εὐδαίμονε
G/D εὐδαιμόνοιν εὐδαιμόνοιν
PluralNominative εὐδαίμονες εὐδαίμονα
Genitive εὐδαιμόνων εὐδαιμόνων
Dative εὐδαίμοσιν* εὐδαίμοσιν*
Accusative εὐδαίμονας εὐδαίμονα
Vocative εὐδαίμονες εὐδαίμονα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐδαίμων εὐδαίμονος εὐδαιμονέστερος εὐδαιμονεστέρου εὐδαιμονέστατος εὐδαιμονεστάτου
Adverb εὐδαιμόνως εὐδαιμονέστερον εὐδαιμονέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἀλλ’, ὦ Κυνίσκε, τὸ ἀΐδιον τοῦτο καὶ ἄπειρον εὔδαιμον ἡμῖν ἐστι καὶ ἐν ἅπασιν ἀγαθοῖσ ἡμεῖσ βιοῦμεν. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 8:1)
  • τοῦτὸ τί μοι κάλλιστον ἐνὶ φρεσὶν εἴδεται εἶναι, οὐχ ἕτερόν τι, ἐξ ὧν φησιν, ἢ τὸ παρασιτεῖν εὔδαιμον νομίζων. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 10:4)
  • καὶ μέντοι εἰ ἔστιν εὔδαιμον τὸ μὴ πεινῆν μηδὲ διψῆν μηδὲ ῥιγοῦν, ταῦτα οὐδενὶ ἄλλῳ ὑπάρχει ἢ παρασίτῳ. (Lucian, De parasito sive artem esse parasiticam, (no name) 38:1)
  • τοῦτο γὰρ εἶναι τὸ εὔδαιμον. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 4:4)
  • οὕτω φιλόχρυσοσ εἶ καὶ φιλόπλουτοσ, ὦ Μίκυλλε, καὶ μόνον τοῦτο ἐξ ἅπαντοσ θαυμάζεισ καὶ ἡγῇ εὔδαιμον εἶναι, πολὺ κεκτῆσθαι χρυσίον; (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 13:1)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

Related

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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