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Εὐκληρία · good fortune (ε 3541) · Suda

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ε3537glorious
ε3538glory
ε3539Eukleides, Euclides
ε3540glorify
ε3541good fortune
ε3542Eukoline, Eucoline
ε3543agreeable
ε3544temperate
ε3545well-judged, well-ordered

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3541

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Εὐκληρία

good fortune

Translated by Ioannis Doukas18 Feb 2008Vetting: high6 revisions

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2 words

Translation

[Meaning] prosperity.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐκληρία· εὐτυχία.

Betacode

*eu)klhri/a: eu)tuxi/a.

Notes

= Synagoge epsilon953; Photius, Lexicon epsilon2228; and cf. already cf. Hesychius epsilon6923, which provides another gloss in addition. The headword is a feminine abstract noun in the nominative singular. If it is quoted from somewhere, extant possibilities include Gregory of Nyssa (Funeral Oration for Bishop Meletius 9.452) and Theodoret (Epistle 33.10). In general the headword is only attested in late Greek (earliest: a papyrus of Philodemus = Ariston fr. 13.2 Wehrli), and is particularly popular among Christian authors, especially Gregory and Theodoret.
See also under epsilon 3586 and sigma 1017.

Linked from2 entries

ε3442Εὐερμίαgood fortune, a stroke of luck from Hermes[Meaning] lucky finding, success. Like dusermi/a, [meaning] failure. Hence they used to call chance discoveries "Hermes shared by all." Aelian [writes]: "Mithridates described the departure of Lucullus as a stroke of…
ε3781Εὐτυχεῖsucceeds[Meaning] turns out well. "Nothing, mark you, succeeds without effort."

Neighbouring entries

ε3539ΕὐκλείδηςEukleides, Euclides ε3540Εὐκλέϊσονglorify ε3541Εὐκληρίαgood fortune ε3542ΕὐκολίνηEukoline, Eucoline ε3543Εὔκολοςagreeable

Revision history6 revisions · last 29 Feb 2016

29 Feb 2016coding and other cosmetics — David Whitehead
8 Oct 2013cosmetic — David Whitehead
7 Oct 2013augmented notes, added keywords — William Hutton
7 Nov 2012Revised — David Whitehead
19 Feb 2008another x-ref; more keywords — David Whitehead
19 Feb 2008tweaked headword, augmented note, added keyword, raised status — William Hutton
18 Feb 2008Translated — Ioannis Doukas

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εὐκληρία (Adler number epsilon 3541), trans. Ioannis Doukas, 18 Feb 2008. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3541

Translation by Ioannis Doukas for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, William Hutton, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗