Aristotle Greek Lexicon εὐδαιμονία

εὐδαιμονία

eudaimonia

prosperity, good fortune, opulence

Appears 127 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐδαιμονία, Ion. -ιη, , A. prosperity, good fortune, opulence, h.Hom. 11.5, Pi. N. 7.56, Hdt. 1.5,32, Hp. Ep. 11 (v.l.), etc.; χρημάτων προσόδῳ καὶ τῇ ἄλλῃ εὐ. Th. 2.97; of countries, Hdt. 5.28, 7.220, etc.; μοῖρʼ εὐδαιμονίας Pi. P. 3.84: pl., E. IA 591 (anap.), Pl. Phd. 115d. 2. true, full happiness, εὐ. οὐκ ἐν βοσκήμασιν οἰκεῖ οὐδʼ ἐν χρυσῷ Democr. 171; εὐ. ψυχῆς, opp. κακοδαιμονίη, Id. 170, cf. Pl. Def. 412d, Arist. EN 1095a18, Zeno Stoic. 1.46, etc. b. personified as a divinity, SIG 985.8 (Philadelphia).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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