Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ὁ γὰρ θάνατοσ ἀκριβὴσ ἔλεγχοσ τῶν τοιούτων καὶ τὸ ἄχρι πρὸσ τὸ τέρμα εὐδαιμόνωσ διαβιῶναι. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 10:13)
  • τὸ δὲ νῦν ἔχον ἐβουλόμην τὸν ὁποσονοῦν χρόνον τοῦτον εὐδαιμόνωσ διαβιοὺσ ὑπὸ ἑκκαίδεκα γυπῶν κείρεσθαι τὸ ἧπαρ ἀποθανών, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἐνταῦθα διψήσασ ὥσπερ ὁ Τάνταλοσ ἐν Μακάρων νήσοισ πίνειν μετὰ τῶν ἡρώων ἐν τῷ Ἠλυσίῳ λειμῶνι κατακείμενοσ. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 17:5)
  • Χοροῦ ὡσ ἡδὺ πράττειν ὦνδρέσ ἐστ’ εὐδαιμόνωσ, καὶ ταῦτα μηδὲν ἐξενεγκόντ’ οἴκοθεν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:1)
  • ἀλλ’ ὡσ μὲν οὐκ εὖ μὴ λέγ’ εἴργασται τάδε, ἡμῖν δὲ τοῖσ δράσασιν οὐκ εὐδαιμόνωσ. (Euripides, episode, iambic 14:8)
  • πολιτεύματι προσαγαγόντεσ ἀρχὰσ καὶ δυναστείασ βιαίουσ, ὧν οὐδενὸσ ἡγεῖτο δεῖσθαι πόλιν εὐδαιμόνωσ βιωσομένην ὁ Λυκοῦργοσ, ἐσφάλησαν. (Plutarch, Agesilaus, chapter 33 2:4)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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