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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

  • ὁμοίωσ δὲ τούτοισ κἀν ταῖσ φιλίαισ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων τούτων γίνεται· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 12:5)
  • καταλέξω τούτων ἃ πάσχειν ἢ ποιεῖν ἀνάγκη τοὺσ ἐπὶ μισθῷ συνόντασ κἀν ταῖσ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων τούτων φιλίαισ ἐξεταζομένουσ ‐ εἰ χρὴ φιλίαν τὴν τοιαύτην αὐτῶν δουλείαν ἐπονομάζειν; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 1:2)
  • τῶν δ’ εὐδαιμόνων μηδένα νομίζετ’ εὐτυχεῖν, πρὶν ἂν θάνῃ. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, episode, iambic27)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὅν γ’ ἐγᾦδα τῶν εὐδαιμόνων. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris, episode, anapests 3:8)
  • ὦ μακάρι’ ὦ πλούσιε, ὦ νῦν μὲν οὐδεὶσ αὔριον δ’ ὑπέρμεγασ, ὦ τῶν Ἀθηνῶν ταγὲ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων. (Aristotle, Prologue 4:34)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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