εὐδαίμων
Third declension Adjective;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
εὐδαίμων
εὐδαῖμον
Structure:
εὐδαιμων
(Stem)
Sense
- Having or being possessed by a good genius / spirit.
- happy
- (substantive) a good genius
Declension
Third declension
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.
- ὁμοίωσ δὲ τούτοισ κἀν ταῖσ φιλίαισ τῶν εὐδαιμόνων τούτων γίνεται· (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 12:5)
- ἐρωτήσαντοσ δέ τινοσ, τίσ αὐτῷ ὁρ́οσ εὐδαιμονίασ εἶναι δοκεῖ, μόνον εὐδαίμονα ἔφη τὸν ἐλεύθερον· (Lucian, (no name) 19:2)
- ὦ ξένε Ἀθηναῖε, εἶδεσ γάρ μου τὸν πλοῦτον καὶ τοὺσ θησαυροὺσ καὶ ὅσοσ ἄσημοσ ^ χρυσόσ ἐστιν ἡμῖν καὶ τὴν ἄλλην πολυτέλειαν, εἰπέ μοι, τίνα ἡγῇ τῶν ἁπάντων ἀνθρώπων εὐδαιμονέστατον εἶναι. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 10:1)
- ὦ Κροῖσε, ὀλίγοι μὲν οἱ εὐδαίμονεσ· (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 10:5)
- ἐγὼ δὲ ὧν οἶδα Κλέοβιν καὶ Βίτωνα ἡγοῦμαι εὐδαιμονεστάτουσ γενέσθαι, τοὺσ τῆσ ἱερείασ παῖδασ τῆσ Ἀργόθεν, τοὺσ ἅμα πρῴην ἀποθανόντασ, ἐπεὶ τὴν μητέρα ὑποδύντεσ εἵλκυσαν ἐπὶ τῆσ ἀπήνησ ἄχρι πρὸσ τὸ ἱερόν. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 10:6)
- 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
-
Having or being possessed by a good genius
- κακοδαίμων (having or being possessed by an evil genius/spirit.)
-
happy
-
a good genius
