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εὔμοιρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔμοιρος εὔμοιρον

Structure: εὐμοιρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: moi=ra

Sense

  1. blest with possessions

Examples

  • ἐπίπονον γάρ τινα καὶ οὐκ εὔμοιρόν μοι δοκοῦσι βιοῦν τὸν βίον τοσαῦτα ἔχουσαι πράγματα, καὶ ὡσ ἐοίκεν οὐ πάνυ οὐδὲ αὗται ὑπὸ χρηστῇ Εἱμαρμένῃ ἐγεννήθησαν. (Lucian, Juppiter confuatus, (no name) 19:5)
  • Φοῖβε, σὺ δ’ ἵλαοσ, Δελφίνιε, κοῦρον ἀέξοισ εὔμοιρον λευκὴν ἄχρισ ἐφ’ ἡλικίην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2782)

Synonyms

  1. blest with possessions

Related

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

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