ὄλβος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[happiness]], [[bliss]], esp. [[worldly happiness]], [[weal]], ἀλλ' οὔ μοι τοιοῦτον ἐπέκλωσαν θεοὶ ὄ. <span class="bibl">Od.3.208</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.208</span> ; Ζεὺς δ' αὐτὸς νέμει ὄ. ἀνθρώποισιν <span class="bibl">6.188</span> ; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε <span class="bibl">Il.16.596</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.14.206</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Emp. 119</span> : freq. in Lyr., as <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>6.72</span>, <span class="bibl">B.3.92</span>, and Trag., as <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>164</span>, <span class="bibl">252</span>, <span class="bibl">709</span>, al. ; ὁ πρὶν παλαιὸς ὄ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1282</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>12</span> : rarely in pl., ἐν Διὸς κήποις ἀροῦσθαι . . εὐδαίμονας ὄ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>320</span> (lyr.).—Poet. word, used by <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.32</span>, <span class="bibl">86</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.5.9</span>, <span class="bibl">4.2.44</span> and <span class="bibl">46</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>421</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Ep.</span>3</span>,<span class="bibl">5</span>, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Si.</span>30.15</span>. (Perh. cogn. with Lith. [[algà]] (I.-E. <b class="b2">olgu̯ā</b>) 'wage'.)</span>