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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

  • τήν τε Κύρου παιδείαν, εἰκόνα βασιλέωσ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ εὐδαίμονοσ· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Epistula ad Pompeium Geminum, chapter 4 1:4)
  • ὅστισ μὲν οὖν σεμνύνεται πολίτησ ὢν εὐδαίμονοσ πόλεωσ, ἀγνοεῖν μοι δοκεῖ τίνα χρὴ τιμὴν ἀπονέμειν τῇ πατρίδι, καὶ ὁ τοιοῦτοσ δῆλόσ ἐστιν ἀχθόμενοσ ἄν, εἰ μετριωτέρασ ἔλαχε τῆσ πατρίδοσ· (Lucian, Patriae Encomium, (no name) 2:1)
  • Πελλαία δὲ ἦν ἐκείνη, πάλαι μὲν εὐδαίμονοσ χωρίου κατὰ τοὺσ τῶν Μακεδόνων βασιλέασ, νῦν δὲ ταπεινοῦ ^ καὶ ὀλιγίστουσ οἰκήτορασ ἔχοντοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 6:3)
  • ‐ Ἀγάμεμνον, ἱκετεύω σε τῶνδε γουνάτων καὶ σοῦ γενείου δεξιᾶσ τ’ εὐδαίμονοσ . (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics23)
  • νῦν δ’ ἀπολείπομαι τᾶσ εὐδαίμονοσ ἥβασ. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, ephymnion 32)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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