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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

  • αὐτὸ τοῦτο, ὦ Σόλων, καὶ τὸ οἴκτιστόν ἐστιν, εἰ μὴ ἐπ’ ὀλίγων ταῦτα πάσχουσιν, ἀλλὰ ἐν τοσούτοισ θεαταῖσ καὶ μάρτυσι τῆσ ὕβρεωσ, οἳ δηλαδὴ εὐδαιμονίζουσιν αὐτοὺσ αἵματι ῥαινομένουσ ὁρῶντεσ ἢ ἀγχομένουσ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀντιπάλων ταῦτα γὰρ τὰ εὐδαιμονέστατα πρόσεστι τῇ νίκῃ αὐτῶν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 11:1)
  • πλὴν ὁρ́α γε εἰσ οἱᾶ́ με πράγματα ἐμβάλλεισ τὸν κακοδαίμονα, ὃσ ἄχρι νῦν εὐδαιμονέστατα διάγων χρυσὸν ἄφνω τοσοῦτον λήψομαι οὐδὲν ἀδικήσασ καὶ τοσαύτασ φροντίδασ ἀναδέξομαι. (Lucian, Timon, (no name) 39:9)
  • ἢν δὲ καὶ κατορθώσω, ἔφη, τὸν πόλεμον ὃν ἐκφέρω νῦν πρὸσ τοὺσ τὸν ἥλιον κατοικοῦντασ, ἁπάντων εὐδαιμονέστατα παρ’ ἐμοὶ καταβιώσεσθε. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 12:1)
  • ὅστισ δὲ τοῖσ μεγίστοισ ἀγαθοῖσ συναπέρχεται τὰ ἄριστα πράξασ, οὗτοσ εὐδαιμονέστατα τελευτᾷ. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 20:4)
  • ὅμωσ δ’ ἐὰν δακτυλίουσ", φησίν, "λάβω, τότε γ’ εὐρούστατα διάξω καὶ εὐδαιμονέστατα". (Epictetus, Works, book 4, 38:1)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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