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εὐημερία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐημερία

Etym.: from eu)h/meros

Sense

  1. fineness of the day, good weather
  2. good times, health and happiness, health and wealth

Examples

  • Ἐκεῖνοσ μὲν οὖν τῇ κατὰ τὸ παρὸν εὐημερίᾳ γεγαυρωμένοσ καὶ οὐ καθορῶν τὸ τοῦ μεγίστου Θεοῦ κράτοσ, ὑπολαμβάνων δὲ διηνεκῶσ ἐν τῇ αὐτῇ διαμένειν βουλῇ, ἔγραψε κατ’ αὐτῶν ἐπιστολὴν τήνδε. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees III 3:11)
  • καὶ ἔχοντεσ δὲ ἐναντίωσ τῷ ὀργίζεσθαι δῆλον ὅτι πρᾶοί εἰσιν, οἱο͂ν ἐν παιδιᾷ, ἐν γέλωτι, ἐν ἑορτῇ, ἐν εὐημερίᾳ, ἐν κατορθώσει, ἐν πληρώσει, ὅλωσ ἐν ἀλυπίᾳ καὶ ἡδονῇ μὴ ὑβριστικῇ καὶ ἐν ἐλπίδι ἐπιεικεῖ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 3 12:2)
  • νομίζουσι δ’ οἱ μὲν τὸ τῶν πέλασ ἄρχειν δεσποτικῶσ μὲν γιγνόμενον μετ’ ἀδικίασ τινὸσ εἶναι τῆσ μεγίστησ, πολιτικῶσ δὲ τὸ μὲν ἄδικον οὐκ ἔχειν, ἐμπόδιον δὲ ἔχειν τῇ περὶ αὐτὸν εὐημερίᾳ· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 30:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ ψιλῇ τῇ τῆσ πατρίδοσ εὐημερίᾳ ὥσπερ τῇ ἰδίᾳ χαρὰν ἐγγίνεσθαι. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, B, Kef. h'. ARISTIPPOS 25:6)
  • ἀπροσδοκήτωσ δὲ ἐπιθεμένων τῶν τοῦ δυνάστου, παράδοξοσ εὐημερία περὶ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ἐγένετο. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xv, chapter 93 18:3)

Synonyms

  1. good times

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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