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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

Examples

  • ὦ Κροῖσε, ὀλίγοι μὲν οἱ εὐδαίμονεσ· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 10:5)
  • πλὴν ἀλλὰ πάλαι μὲν ἦσαν εὐδαίμονεσ, νῦν δὲ τεθνᾶσι καὶ αὗται· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 23:11)
  • εἰ δὲ βούλεσθε πάντωσ ἐλεύθεροι καὶ εὐδαίμονεσ εἶναι, ἄλλων ὑμῖν γυμνασίων δεήσει καὶ ἀσκήσεωσ ἀληθινῆσ τῆσ ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ, καὶ ἡ ἅμιλλα οὐ πρὸσ ἀλλήλουσ μετὰ παιδιᾶσ, ἀλλὰ πρὸσ τοὺσ δυσμενεῖσ ἔσται μετὰ κινδύνων μελετῶσι τὴν ἀρετήν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 32:4)
  • εἰ γὰρ τοῦτο προχωρήσειεν αὐτοῖσ, αὐτίκα πλούσιοί τε καὶ εὐδαίμονεσ ἔσεσθαι ἤλπιζον ‐ ὅπερ ἐπὶ μεῖζον ἢ κατὰ τὴν πρώτην προσδοκίαν ἀπήντησεν αὐτοῖσ καὶ κρεῖττον διεφάνη τῆσ ἐλπίδοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 8:3)
  • ὄναισθε μύθων καὶ γένοισθ’ εὐδαίμονεσ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, iambic 6:14)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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