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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

  • βέβακε γὰρ βέβακεν, οἴχεται τέκνων πρόπασα γέννα Πέλοποσ ὅ τ’ ἐπὶ μακαρίοισ ζῆλοσ ὤν ποτ’ οἴκοισ· (Euripides, choral, antistrophe 11)
  • οὐθὲν γάρ φασι δεῖν φίλων τοῖσ μακαρίοισ καὶ αὐτάρκεσιν· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 9 104:4)
  • ἂν ὡσ οὐ, τριῶν οὐσῶν μερίδων, τῶν τε ἐκτὸσ καὶ τῶν ἐν τῷ σώματι καὶ τῶν ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ, πάντα ταῦτα ὑπάρχειν τοῖσ μακαρίοισ χρή. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 6:1)
  • οὔ φημι εἶναι δυνατὸν ἀνθρώποισ μακαρίοισ τε καὶ εὐδαίμοσιν γενέσθαι πλὴν ὀλίγων ‐ μέχριπερ ἂν ζῶμεν τοῦτο διορίζομαι· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 4:3)
  • ὃ δὲ κατ’ ἀρχάσ τε ἐλέγομεν, καὶ νῦν αὑτὸσ πάρεστι λόγοσ ἀληθὴσ ὄντωσ, ὡσ οὐ δυνατὸν ἀνθρώποισ τελέωσ μακαρίοισ τε καὶ εὐδαίμοσι γενέσθαι πλὴν ὀλίγων, ἔστιν ταῦτα ὀρθῶσ εἰρημένα· (Plato, Hippias Major, Hippias Minor, Ion, Menexenus, Cleitophon, Timaeus, Critias, Minos, Epinomis, 131:2)

Synonyms

  1. blessed

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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