Ὄλβος
prosperity, happiness
Translated by Catharine Roth20 Nov 2009Vetting: high6 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὄλβος· εὐδαιμονία, πλοῦτος. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι· ὄλβου παντὸς ὑπερπέταται, ὅς σε περιπλέγδην ἔχε πήχεσιν.
Betacode
*)/olbos: eu)daimoni/a, plou=tos. e)n *)epigra/mmasi: o)/lbou panto\s u(perpe/tatai, o(/s se periple/gdhn e)/xe ph/xesin.
Notes (2)
- cf. omicron 132, omicron 133, omicron 134, omicron 135.
- 1Similarly glossed in a scholion on Homer, Iliad 16.596 (where the dative occurs: web address 1), and in Hesychius omicron514, which Latte regards as being generated by Ecclesiasticus 30.15 LXX and (perhaps) the accusative in Homer, Odyssey 3.208. ↩
- 2Greek Anthology 5.259.6-7 (Paul the Silentiary), the poet's reflections on his tired lover. ↩
External resources
- Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu
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].
- ο134Ὄλβιοςprosperous, happy[Meaning] wealthy, fortunate, blessed.
- ο135Ὀλβοδότηςprosperity-giver[Meaning] wealth-giver.
Neighbouring entries
Revision history6 revisions · last 2 Aug 2023
- augmented n.2 — Ronald Allen
- tweaked note — Catharine Roth
- coding — David Whitehead
- tweak, coding — Catharine Roth
- augmented notes and keywords — David Whitehead
- another keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth