Ὄλβιος
prosperous, happy
Translated by Catharine Roth19 Nov 2009Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] wealthy, fortunate, blessed.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄλβιος· πλούσιος, εὐδαίμων, μακάριος.
Betacode
*)/olbios: plou/sios, eu)dai/mwn, maka/rios.
Notes
- Likewise or similarly glossed in other lexica (references at Photius omicron199 Theodoridis) and cf. the scholia on Homer, Odyssey 8.413 (where neuter plural
o)/lbia occurs), and a gloss on Dionysius the Areopagite.
See also omicron 132, omicron 133, omicron 135, omicron 136.
Linked from4 entries
- ο132Ὀλβίζεινto call [someone] fortunate[Meaning] to call [someone] blessed, to consider [someone] lucky. Sophocles [writes]: "[...] to call no one fortunate before he crosses the finish-line of life without having suffered anything grievous."
- ο133Ὀλβιοδαίμωνof blessed lot[Meaning] fortunate, very lucky. The vocative [is] o)lbio/daimon [i.e. with omicron and proparoxytone accent].
- ο135Ὀλβοδότηςprosperity-giver[Meaning] wealth-giver.
- ο136Ὄλβοςprosperity, happiness[Meaning] good fortune, wealth. In the Epigrams: "he surpasses all prosperity/happiness, who held you embraced in his arms."
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- tweak — Catharine Roth
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords; tweaks and cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth