Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

μακαριστός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: μακαριστός

Structure: μακαριστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: makari/zw의 분사형

Sense

  1. deemed or to be deemed happy, enviable

Examples

  • παρὰ ποίᾳ δὲ τῶν ἡλικιῶν οὐ μακαριστοὶ γενήσο[νται; (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 31:1)
  • "ἐσπούδαζον δὲ δοκεῖν εὐδαίμονεσ εἶναι καὶ μακαριστοί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 20 1:177)
  • φεῦ μακαριστοί, ὅσσοι ἀπ’ ὠδίνων οὐκ ἴδον ἠέλιον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 383 1:1)
  • ὦ μακαριστοὶ μὲν ὑμεῖσ τῶν ἄνω προγόνων ἐπ’ ἀμφότερα, εὐδαίμονεσ δὲ τῶν ἀφ’ ὑμῶν φύντων, ἔτι δὲ ὑμῶν τε αὐτῶν καὶ ἀδελφῶν, οἷσ Ιἀσώ τε καὶ Πανάκεια καὶ Αἴγλη σύνεστι καὶ Ὑγίεια, ἡ πάντων ἀντίρροποσ, Ἠπιόνησ δὴ παῖδεσ ἐπώνυμοι· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:1)
  • μόνοσ γὰρ οὗτοσ δοῦναί τε ταῦτα τοῖσ ἀξίοισ καὶ ἀφελέσθαι τῶν ἁμαρτανόντων εἰσ αὐτὸν ἱκανόσ, ᾧ παρέχοντεσ ἑαυτοὺσ οἱούσ αὐτόσ τε βούλεται κἀγὼ τὴν διάνοιαν αὐτοῦ σαφῶσ ἐξεπιστάμενοσ παραινῶ, οὐκ ἂν ὄντεσ μακαριστοὶ καὶ ζηλωτοὶ πᾶσιν ἀτυχήσαιτέ ποτ’ ἢ παύσαισθε, ἀλλ’ ὧν τε νῦν ὑμῖν ἐστιν ἀγαθῶν ἡ κτῆσισ βεβαία μενεῖ τῶν τε ἀπόντων ταχεῖαν ἕξετε τὴν παρουσίαν. (Flavius Josephus, Antiquitates Judaicae, Book 4 229:2)

Synonyms

  1. deemed or to be deemed happy

Related

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

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