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μακάριος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακάριος μακαρίᾱ μακάριον

Structure: μακαρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: longer form of ma/kar

Sense

  1. (mostly of men) blessed, happy
  2. (often in Plato as a plural substantive) the rich and better educated
  3. (of the dead)
  4. (of states, qualities, and the like)

Examples

  • μακάριαι αἱ γυναῖκέσ σου, μακάριοι οἱ παῖδέσ σου οὗτοι οἱ παρεστηκότεσ ἐνώπιόν σου διόλου, οἱ ἀκούοντεσ πᾶσαν τὴν φρόνησίν σου. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 10:8)
  • εἰ δὴ καὶ σὺ ταῦτα ἐκμάθοισ, μακάριαι καὶ ἡμεῖσ ἐσόμεθα· (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 3:10)
  • ἂν δ̓ ἔτι τοιοῦτον ἐραστὴν εὑρ́ωμεν, ὦ Μουσάριον, οἱο͂σ ὁ Χαιρέασ ἐστί, θῦσαι μὲν τῇ πανδήμῳ δεήσει λευκὴν μηκάδα, τῇ οὐρανίᾳ δὲ τῇ ἐν κήποισ δάμαλιν, στεφανῶσαι δὲ καὶ τὴν πλουτοδότειραν, καὶ ὅλωσ μακάριαι καὶ τρισευδαίμονεσ ἐσόμεθα. (Lucian, Dialogi meretricii, 1:1)
  • ἀποστολαὶ γὰρ μακάριαι μέν, ἀλλ’ ὅμωσ δάκνουσι τοὺσ τεκόντασ, ὅταν ἄλλοισ δόμοισ παῖδασ παραδιδῷ πολλὰ μοχθήσασ πατήρ. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, anapests 3:8)
  • ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματοσ, καὶ τρὶσ μακάριαι τοῦ ’πὶ ταῖσ πλευραῖσ τέγουσ. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode1)

Synonyms

  1. blessed

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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