εὐδαίμων
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + δαίμων (daímōn, “god, destiny”), literally “possessed by a good genius or spirit”.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /eu̯.dǎi̯.mɔːn/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ewˈdɛ.mon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eβˈðɛ.mon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /evˈðe.mon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /evˈðe.mon/
Adjective
εὐδαίμων • (eudaímōn) m or f (neuter εὔδαιμον); third declension
- fortunate, in a good situation, happy
- prosperous, wealthy
- (substantive) a good genius
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | εὐδαίμων eudaímōn |
εὔδαιμον eúdaimon |
εὐδαίμονε eudaímone |
εὐδαίμονε eudaímone |
εὐδαίμονες eudaímones |
εὐδαίμονᾰ eudaímonă | ||||||||
| Genitive | εὐδαίμονος eudaímonos |
εὐδαίμονος eudaímonos |
εὐδαιμόνοιν eudaimónoin |
εὐδαιμόνοιν eudaimónoin |
εὐδαιμόνων eudaimónōn |
εὐδαιμόνων eudaimónōn | ||||||||
| Dative | εὐδαίμονῐ eudaímonĭ |
εὐδαίμονῐ eudaímonĭ |
εὐδαιμόνοιν eudaimónoin |
εὐδαιμόνοιν eudaimónoin |
εὐδαίμοσῐ / εὐδαίμοσῐν eudaímosĭ(n) |
εὐδαίμοσῐ / εὐδαίμοσῐν eudaímosĭ(n) | ||||||||
| Accusative | εὐδαίμονᾰ eudaímonă |
εὔδαιμον eúdaimon |
εὐδαίμονε eudaímone |
εὐδαίμονε eudaímone |
εὐδαίμονᾰς eudaímonăs |
εὐδαίμονᾰ eudaímonă | ||||||||
| Vocative | εὔδαιμον eúdaimon |
εὔδαιμον eúdaimon |
εὐδαίμονε eudaímone |
εὐδαίμονε eudaímone |
εὐδαίμονες eudaímones |
εὐδαίμονᾰ eudaímonă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| εὐδαιμόνως eudaimónōs |
εὐδαιμονέστερος eudaimonésteros |
εὐδαιμονέστᾰτος eudaimonéstătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαίμων (Ărăbĭ́ā Eudaímōn)
- εὐδαιμονίᾱ (eudaimoníā)
Descendants
- Greek: ευδαίμων (evdaímon), ευδαίμονας (evdaímonas)
References
- “εὐδαίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐδαίμων”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- εὐδαίμων in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “εὐδαίμων”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- blissful idem, page 84.
- flourishing idem, page 329.
- fortunate idem, page 340.
- happy idem, page 384.
- joyful idem, page 464.
- lucky idem, page 504.
- prosperous idem, page 653.
- successful idem, page 834.
- thriving idem, page 870.