μακάριος: Difference between revisions

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