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μακάριος

makarios

blessed, happy

Appears 106 times across Plato's dialogues.

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μακάριος, α, ον, also ος, ον Pl. Lg. 803c: collat. form. of μάκαρ, mostly used in Prose, but also in Poets, as Pi., and freq. in E., 1. mostly of men, blessed, happy, Pi. P. 5.46, E. Or. 86, etc.; σοφοί τε καὶ μ. ἄνδρες Pl. R. 335e; μ. τε καὶ εὐδαίμων ib.354a: distd. from εὐδαίμων by Arist. EN 1101a7, 19: freq. in phrases such as μ. ὅστις . . νοῦν ἔχει Men. 114, cf. Mon. 357, 614, Phld. Ir.p.3 W.: Sup., Id. Piet. 104: in addresses, ὦ μακάριε my good sir, my dear sir, Pl. Prt. 309c, R. 432d, Men. Pk. 219: c. gen., ὦ μ. τῆς τύχης O happy you for . . , Ar. Eq. 186, cf. V. 1512, Pl. Euthd. 303c; ἰὼ χελῶναι μακάριαι τοῦ δέρματος Ar. V. 1292; ὦ μ. σὺ τά τε ἄλλα καὶ αὐτὸ τοῦτο ὅτι . . X. Cyr. 8.3.39. 2. prosperous, οἱ μ., opp. οἱ ἐνδεεῖς, Arist. EN 1157b21, al.; κινδυνεύω σοι δοκεῖν μ. τις εἶναι Pl. Men. 71a; τοὺς μ. καλουμένους ὁρῶ πονοῦντας ἡμῖν ἐμφερῆ Men. Kith.Fr. 1.6; μακαριωτάτην . . πόλιν Καπύην Plb. 3.91.6; ἐπιγονή SIG 695.48 (Magn.Mae., ii B.C.). 3. of the dead, like μακαρίτης, Pl. Lg. 947e, cf. Ar. Fr. 488.9; μακαρίας μνήμης BCH 25.89 (Bithynia), Sammelb. 4753.2, etc. II. of states, qualities, etc., μ. λέχος E. Or. 1208; -ωτέρα πόλις Id. Tr. 365; -ώταται τύχαι ib.328 (lyr.); βίος Cratin. 238, cf. Pl. R. 561d; τοῖς θεοῖς ἅπας ὁ βίος μ. Arist. EN 1178b26; μ. διάθεσις Phld. Mort. 18; μ. ἐστιν ἡ τραγῳδία ποίημα Antiph. 191.1; τὸ μακάριον bliss, Arist. EN 1099b2. III. Adv. -ίως E. Hel. 909, Ar. Pl. 629, Arist. Pol. 1324a24, etc.: Sup. -ώτατα Pl. Lg. 733e.
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