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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

  • ὀχήματα δὲ τοῖσι μὲν πολλοῖσιν Ἰνδῶν κάμηλοί εἰσι καὶ ἵπποι καὶ ὄνοι, τοῖσι δὲ εὐδαίμοσιν ἐλέφαντεσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 17 1:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀλλοτρίοισ χρωμένοισ ὑμῖν παραδείγμασιν ἀλλ’ οἰκείοισ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, εὐδαίμοσιν ἔξεστι γίγνεσθαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 214)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἀλλοτρίοισ ὑμῖν χρωμένοισ παραδείγμασιν, ἀλλ’ οἰκείοισ, ὦ ἄνδρεσ Ἀθηναῖοι, εὐδαίμοσιν ἔξεστι γενέσθαι. (Demosthenes, Speeches, 30:3)
  • ἐγὼ μὲν οὖν ξένοισιν ὧδ’ εὐδαίμοσιν κεδνῶν ἕκατι πραγμάτων ἂν ἤθελον γνωστὸσ γενέσθαι καὶ ξενωθῆναι· (Aeschylus, Libation Bearers, episode 1:4)
  • Ἀλλὰ δῆτα οὐ χρὴ τὸν νομοθέτην μόνον τῶν γραφόντων περὶ καλῶν καὶ ἀγαθῶν καὶ δικαίων συμβουλεύειν, διδάσκοντα οἱᾶ́ τέ ἐστι καὶ ὡσ ἐπιτηδευτέον αὐτὰ τοῖσ μέλλουσιν εὐδαίμοσιν ἔσεσθαι; (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , section50)

Synonyms

  1. Having or being possessed by a good genius

  2. happy

  3. a good genius

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