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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

  • καὶ γὰρ ἐνδεῖν τι ᾤμην τῷ θείῳ, μὴ ὄντοσ τοῦ ἐναντίου αὐτῷ καὶ πρὸσ ὃ ἔμελλεν ἡ ἐξέτασισ γιγνομένη εὐδαιμονέστερον ἀποφαίνειν αὐτό· (Lucian, Prometheus, (no name) 12:4)
  • ἄκουε τοσοῦτόν γε προειδώσ, μηδένα με σοῦ εὐδαιμονέστερον βιοῦντα ἑωρακέναι. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 15:5)
  • οὐκοῦν, ὦ ἀλεκτρυών, ἐπειδὴ ἁπάντων σχεδὸν ἤδη τῶν βίων ἐπειράθησ καὶ πάντα οἶσθα, λέγοισ ἂν ἤδη σαφῶσ ἰδίᾳ μὲν τὰ τῶν πλουσίων ὅπωσ βιοῦσιν, ἰδίᾳ δὲ τὰ πτωχικά, ὡσ μάθω εἰ ἀληθῆ ταῦτα φὴσ εὐδαιμονέστερον ἀποφαίνων με τῶν πλουσίων. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 21:1)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ πάλιν ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν εἰ μετὰ Τέλλον ἄλλον ἔγνωκεν ἀνθρώπων εὐδαιμονέστερον. (Plutarch, , chapter 27 5:1)
  • εἰ γὰρ ἔχεισ, μᾶλλον ἂν ἔγωγέ σοι συμβουλεύσαιμι ἐμὲ μὲν λῆρον ἡγεῖσθαι εἶναι καὶ ἀδύνατον λόγῳ ὁτιοῦν ζητεῖν, σεαυτὸν δέ, ὅσῳπερ σωφρονέστεροσ εἶ, τοσούτῳ εἶναι καὶ εὐδαιμονέστερον. (Plato, Alcibiades 1, Alcibiades 2, Hipparchus, Lovers, Theages, Charmides, Laches, Lysis, 485:2)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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