μακάριος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>803c</span>: collat. form. of <b class="b3">μάκαρ</b>, mostly used in Prose, but also in Poets, as Pi., and freq. in E., <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> mostly of men, [[blessed]], [[happy]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>5.46</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 86</span>, etc.; σοφοί τε καὶ μ. ἄνδρες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>335e</span>; <b class="b3">μ. τε καὶ εὐδαίμων</b> ib.<span class="bibl">354a</span>: distd. from <b class="b3">εὐδαίμων</b> by <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1101a7</span>, <span class="bibl">19</span>: freq. in phrases such as μ. ὅστις… νοῦν ἔχει <span class="bibl">Men.114</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Mon.</span>357</span>, <span class="bibl">614</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.3 W.: Sup., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Piet.</span>104</span>: in addresses, <b class="b3">ὦ μακάριε</b> [[my good sir]], [[my dear sir]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>309c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>432d</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Pk.</span>219</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">ὦ μ. τῆς τύχης</b> [[O happy you]] for... <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>186</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">V.</span>1512</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Euthd.</span>303c</span>; ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1292</span>; <b class="b3">ὦ μ. σὺ τά τε ἄλλα καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅτι</b>… <span class="bibl">X. <span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.3.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[prosperous]], <b class="b3">οἱ μ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">οἱ ἐνδεεῖς</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1157b21</span>, al.; κινδυνεύω σοι δοκεῖν μ. τις εἶναι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>71a</span>; τοὺς μ. καλουμένους ὁρῶ πονοῦντας ἡμῖν ἐμφερῆ <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Kith.Fr.</span>1.6</span>; μακαριωτάτην… πόλιν Καπύην <span class="bibl">Plb.3.91.6</span>; ἐπιγονή <span class="title">SIG</span>695.48 (Magn.Mae., ii B.C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> of the dead, like [[μακαρίτης]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>947e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>488.9</span>; μακαρίας μνήμης <span class="title">BCH</span>25.89 (Bithynia), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Sammelb.</span>4753.2</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> of states, qualities, etc., μ. λέχος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1208</span>; -ωτέρα πόλις <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>365</span>; -<b class="b3">ώταται τύχαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">328</span> (lyr.); βίος <span class="bibl">Cratin.238</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>561d</span>; τοῖς θεοῖς ἅπας ὁ βίος μ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1178b26</span>; μ. διάθεσις <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Mort.</span> 18</span>; μ. ἐστιν ἡ τραγῳδία ποίημα <span class="bibl">Antiph. 191.1</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ μακάριον</b> [[bliss]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1099</span> <span class="bibl">b2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. -ίως <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>909</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>629</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Pol.</span>1324a24</span>, etc.: Sup. -ώτατα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>733e</span>.</span>