μακάριος

English (LSJ)

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.,    1 mostly of men, blessed, happy, Pi.P.5.46, E.Or. 86, etc.; σοφοί τε καὶ μ. ἄνδρες Pl.R.335e; μ. τε καὶ εὐδαίμων ib.354a: distd. from εὐδαίμων by Arist.EN1101a7, 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., ὦ μ. τῆς τύχης O happy you for... Ar.Eq.186, cf. V.1512, Pl.Euthd.303c; ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος Ar.V.1292; ὦ μ. σὺ τά τε ἄλλα καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅτι . . X. Cyr.8.3.39.    2 prosperous, οἱ μ., opp. οἱ ἐνδεεῖς, Arist.EN1157b21, 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 SIG695.48 (Magn.Mae., ii B.C.).    3 of the dead, like μακαρίτης, Pl.Lg.947e, cf. Ar.Fr.488.9; μακαρίας μνήμης BCH25.89 (Bithynia), Sammelb.4753.2, etc.    II of states, qualities, etc., μ. λέχος E.Or.1208; -ωτέρα πόλις Id.Tr.365; -ώταται τύχαι ib.328 (lyr.); βίος Cratin.238, cf. Pl.R.561d; τοῖς θεοῖς ἅπας ὁ βίος μ. Arist.EN1178b26; μ. διάθεσις Phld.Mort. 18; μ. ἐστιν ἡ τραγῳδία ποίημα Antiph. 191.1; τὸ μακάριον bliss, Arist.EN1099 b2.    III Adv. -ίως E.Hel.909, Ar.Pl.629, Arist. Pol.1324a24, etc.: Sup. -ώτατα Pl.Lg.733e.