εὐημερέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=(εὐήμερος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">spend one's days cheerfully</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>653</span>; <b class="b3">ταῖσι Θήβαις εἰ . . εὐημερεῖ καλῶς τὰ πρὸς σέ</b> though your relations with Thebes <b class="b2">are all fair weather</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>616</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ εὐημεροῦν τῆς πόλεως</b> the <b class="b2">prosperous</b> class, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1308b24</span>; <b class="b3">πόλεις εὐημεροῦσαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1322b38</span>; <b class="b3">εὐ. καὶ τροφὴν ἄφθονον ἔχειν</b> <b class="b2">thrive</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>573b22</span>; opp. <b class="b3">χαλεπῶς ἔχειν</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">597b10</span>; εὐ. τοῖς σώμασι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">GA</span>775b16</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">to be successful in</b> a thing, τὴν ἐκκλησίαν -ήσας ᾠχόμην φέρων <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.63</span>; <b class="b3">κάθ' ὑπερβολὴν εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>21.11</span>; τῆς Αεαίνης παρὰ τῷ Δημητρίῳ -ούσης Macho ap.<span class="bibl">Ath.13.577d</span>; of physicians, <b class="b2">to be successful</b> with a remedy, Gal.12.749: c.acc., <b class="b3">τοὺς Ἐπιγόνους εὐημερήκει</b>, of a dramatist, <span class="bibl">Ath.13.584d</span>; of an actor, εὐ. ἐπὶ τραγῳδίας Suid. s.v. [[σαυτὴν ἐπαινεῖς; ἀκρόαμα εὐημεροῦν]] Plu.2.521f: generally, <b class="b2">have good luck</b>, ἐν ἅπασιν <span class="bibl">Philem.79.3</span>, cf. <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>110.8.</span>