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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

  • ἐγὼ δέ, ὦ κάθαρμα, οὔ σοι δοκῶ εὐδαίμων εἶναι; (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 10:11)
  • ἄλλωσ τε οὐδ’ ὅμοια τἀμὰ τοῖσ τῶν πλουσίων ἐκ διαμέτρου γὰρ ἡμῶν οἱ βίοι, φασίν ὁ μὲν γε τύραννοσ εὐδαίμων εἶναι δοκῶν παρὰ τὸν βίον, φοβερὸσ ἅπασι καὶ περίβλεπτοσ, ἀπολιπὼν χρυσὸν τοσοῦτον καὶ ἀργύριον καὶ ἐσθῆτα καὶ ἵππουσ καὶ δεῖπνα καὶ παῖδασ ὡραίουσ καὶ γυναῖκασ εὐμόρφουσ εἰκότωσ ἠνιᾶτο καὶ ἀποσπώμενοσ αὐτῶν ἤχθετο· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 14:10)
  • πηγὴν ἐπώνυμόν σοι ἀναδοθῆναι ἐάσω ἐνταῦθα πατάξασ τῇ τριαίνῃ τὴν πέτραν πλησίον τοῦ κλύσματοσ, καὶ σὺ εὐδαίμων ἔσῃ καὶ μόνη τῶν ἀδελφῶν οὐχ ὑδροφορήσεισ ἀποθανοῦσα. (Lucian, Dialogi Marini, triton, amymone, and poseidon, chapter 3 1:1)
  • σὺ μὲν γὰρ εὐδαίμων, βασιλεὺσ γάρ, καὶ δύνασαι ἀνασπᾶν τὴν γῆν καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν ὥσπερ ἱμονιὰν καθείσ· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 8:3)
  • οὐ γάρ τισ ἐπιχθονίων πάντα γ’ εὐδαίμων ἔφυ. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 4:5)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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