εὐημερέω
euemereo
spend oneʼs days cheerfully
Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εὐημερέω, (εὐήμερος) A. spend oneʼs days cheerfully, El. 653; ταῖσι Θήβαις εἰ . . εὐημερεῖ καλῶς τὰ πρὸς σέ though your relations with Thebes are all fair weather, OC 616; τὸ εὐημεροῦν τῆς πόλεως the prosperous class, Pol. 1308b24; πόλεις εὐημεροῦσαι ib.1322b38; εὐ. καὶ τροφὴν ἄφθονον ἔχειν thrive, HA 573b22; opp. χαλεπῶς ἔχειν, ib.597b10; εὐ. τοῖς σώμασι GA 775b16. 2. to be successful in a thing, τὴν ἐκκλησίαν -ήσας ᾠχόμην φέρων 2.63; κάθʼ ὑπερβολὴν εὐ. Char. 21.11; τῆς Λεαίνης παρὰ τῷ Δημητρίῳ -ούσης ap. 13.577d; of physicians, to be successful with a remedy, 12.749: c.acc., τοὺς Ἐπιγόνους εὐημερήκει, of a dramatist, 13.584d; of an actor, εὐ. ἐπὶ τραγῳδίας s.v. σαυτὴν ἐπαινεῖς; ἀκρόαμα εὐημεροῦν 2.521f: generally, have good luck, ἐν ἅπασιν 79.3, cf. Com.Adesp. 110.8.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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