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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

  • ἐρωτήσαντοσ δέ τινοσ, τίσ αὐτῷ ὁρ́οσ εὐδαιμονίασ εἶναι δοκεῖ, μόνον εὐδαίμονα ἔφη τὸν ἐλεύθερον· (Lucian, (no name) 19:2)
  • τοὺσ γὰρ τοιούτουσ σφίσι τε αὐτοῖσ καλῶσ χρήσεσθαι ἐν εἰρήνῃ συμπολιτευομένουσ καὶ ἐκ πολέμου σώσειν τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἐλευθέραν καὶ εὐδαίμονα διαφυλάξειν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 20:6)
  • ταῦτα δέ μοι οὐ πάνυ εὐδαίμονα δοκεῖ, ἀλλ’ ἐοίκασιν ὑμῶν οἱ μέν τινεσ εὐτυχεῖσ τε καὶ εὔμοιροι εἶναι, οἱ δὲ ἔμπαλιν ἐῶ γὰρ λέγειν, ὅτι καὶ λῃστεύεσθε ὥσπερ ἡμεῖσ καὶ περισυλᾶσθε ὑπὸ τῶν ἱεροσύλων καὶ ἐκ πλουσιωτάτων πενέστατοι ἐν ἀκαρεῖ γίγνεσθε· (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 8:7)
  • διὰ καλῶν γὰρ ὀμμάτων αἴσχιστα Τροίαν εἷλε τὴν εὐδαίμονα. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 5:42)
  • τὰν κλεινὰν εἴθ’ ἔλθοιμεν Θησέωσ εὐδαίμονα χώραν. (Euripides, The Trojan Women, choral, strophe 211)
  • ἕπεσθαι γάρ οἱ παρακελευόμενοσ, ὑποδεικνὺσ τὰ Δημοσθένουσ ἴχνη καὶ Πλάτωνοσ καὶ ἄλλων τινῶν, μεγάλα μὲν καὶ ὑπὲρ τοὺσ νῦν, ἀμαυρὰ δὲ ἤδη καὶ ἀσαφῆ τὰ πολλὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ χρόνου, φήσει ^ εὐδαίμονά σε ἔσεσθαι καὶ νόμῳ γαμήσειν τὴν Ῥητορικήν, εἰ κατὰ τούτων ὁδεύσειασ ὥσπερ οἱ ἐπὶ τῶν κάλων βαίνοντεσ· (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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