εὐδαίμων: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εὐδαίμον, gen. ἐυδαίμονος,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[blessed with a good genius]]: hence, [[fortunate]], <b class="b3">τάων εὐδαίμων τε καὶ ὄλβιος</b> [[happy]] in respect to them (the days), Hes.''Op.''826; εὐδαίμων καὶ [[ὄλβιος]] Thgn.1013; εὐδαίμων καὶ [[ὑμνητός]] Pi.''P.''10.22: freq. in Trag., [[Aeschylus|A.]]''[[Prometheus Vinctus|Pr.]]''647, ''Pers.''768, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Antigone|Ant.]]''582, etc.: c. gen. rei, [[happy in]] or [[happy on account of]]... Hes. [[l.c.]]; <b class="b3">εὐδαίμων τοῦ τρόπου</b> [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 58e; ironically, <b class="b3">εὐδαίμων εἶ, ὅτι οἴει</b>… Id.''R.''422e; [[τὸ εὔδαιμον]] = [[εὐδαιμονία]], [[happiness]], Th.2.43. Adv. [[εὐδαιμόνως]] = [[happily]], [[in prosperity]] [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Orestes|Or.]]''601, Ar.''Pl.''802, Arist.''Pol.'' 1281a2, etc.: Comp. εὐδαιμονέστερον, διάγοντες X.''An.''3.1.43: Sup., πόλις εὐδαιμονέστατα διάξει [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Leges|Lg.]]''710b.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of outward [[prosperity]], [[wealthy]], οἱ εὐδαίμονες αὐτῶν [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.133, cf. 196,5.8, Th.1.6, etc.; ἐν πολλοῖς χρήμασιν εὐδαίμονες ὄντες Lys.32.17; οἱ πλούσιοι καὶ εὐδαίμονες [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 406c; οἰκία μεγάλη τε καὶ εὐ. Id.''Prt.''316b; αἱ Ἀθῆναι μεγάλαι τε καὶ εὐδαίμονες [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.111; Εὐβοίῃ, νήσῳ μεγάλῃ τε καὶ εὐ. Id.5.31; Κυράνα Pi. ''P.''4.276, etc.; <b class="b3">πόλις εὐδαίμων</b> Gorg.''Fr.''10 D.; [[Ἀραβία εὐδαίμων]] = [[Arabia Felix]] Peripl. MRubr.26; <b class="b3">γῆ ἀρόσαι οὐκ εὐ.</b> Philostr.''Im.''2.24; opp. [[εὐτυχής]], ὄλβου δ' ἐπιρρυέντος εὐτυχέστερος ἄλλου γένοιτ' ἂν ἄλλος, εὐδαίμων δ' ἂν οὔ E.''Med.'' 1230.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[truly happy]], βίος [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 11d; <b class="b3">ὁ εὖ ζῶν μακάριός τε καὶ εὐδαίμων</b> Id.''R.''354a, cf. 580b (Sup.), [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1098b21, etc.