εὐδαίμων

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) +‎ δαίμων (daímōn, “god, destiny”), literally “possessed by a good genius or spirit”.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eu̯.dǎi̯.mɔːn/ → /eβˈðɛ.mon/ → /evˈðe.mon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.dǎi̯.mɔːn/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ewˈdɛ.mon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eβˈðɛ.mon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /evˈðe.mon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /evˈðe.mon/

Adjective

εὐδαίμων • (eudaímōn) m or f (neuter εὔδαιμον); third declension

1. fortunate, in a good situation, happy
2. prosperous, wealthy
3. (substantive) a good genius

Declension

Third declension of εὐδαίμων; εὔδαιμον (Attic)

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 eudaímona
Genitive		εὐδαίμονος eudaímonos	εὐδαίμονος eudaímonos		εὐδαιμόνοιν eudaimónoin	εὐδαιμόνοιν eudaimónoin		εὐδαιμόνων eudaimónōn	εὐδαιμόνων eudaimónōn
Dative		εὐδαίμονῐ eudaímoni	εὐδαίμονῐ eudaímoni		εὐδαιμόνοιν eudaimónoin	εὐδαιμόνοιν eudaimónoin		εὐδαίμοσῐ / εὐδαίμοσῐν eudaímosi(n)	εὐδαίμοσῐ / εὐδαίμοσῐν eudaímosi(n)
Accusative		εὐδαίμονᾰ eudaímona	εὔδαιμον eúdaimon		εὐδαίμονε eudaímone	εὐδαίμονε eudaímone		εὐδαίμονᾰς eudaímonas	εὐδαίμονᾰ eudaímona
Vocative		εὔδαιμον eúdaimon	εὔδαιμον eúdaimon		εὐδαίμονε eudaímone	εὐδαίμονε eudaímone		εὐδαίμονες eudaímones	εὐδαίμονᾰ eudaímona
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		εὐδαιμόνως eudaimónōs			εὐδαιμονέστερος eudaimonésteros			εὐδαιμονέστᾰτος eudaimonéstatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• Ᾰ̓ρᾰβῐ́ᾱ Εὐδαίμων (Arabíā Eudaímōn)

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.