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Headword:
*eu)dai=mon
Adler number: epsilon,3401
Translated headword: happy
Vetting Status: high
Translation: "And to a man growing old, old age [is something] both happy and blessed".[1]
Also [sc. attested is the masculine superlative] eudaimonestatos ["happiest/very happy"], [meaning] fortunate, richest, most blessed.[2]
But happiness is a smooth flow of life.[3] And a happy [man is] one acting in accordance with virtue.[4]
Greek Original:*eu)dai=mon: kai\ ghrw=nti gh=ras eu)dai=mo/n te kai\ makaristo/n. kai\ *eu)daimone/statos, eu)tuxh/s, plousiw/tatos, makaristo/tatos. *eu)daimoni/a de/ e)stin eu)/roia bi/ou. kai\ *eu)dai/mwn, o( kat' a)reth\n e)nergw=n.
Notes:
The unglossed headword is neuter singular of this adjective, presumably extracted from the quotation given.
cf.
epsilon 3404,
epsilon 3405,
epsilon 3406,
epsilon 3408.
[1] Quotation unidentifiable (Adler suggests
Aelian).
[2] Likewise in other lexica. The superlative must be quoted from somewhere; there are numerous possibilities.
[3] This definition belongs to the Stoic
Zeno: see
Diogenes Laertius 7.88 (and
Stobaeus,
Eclogae 2.77.21, ed. Wachsmuth).
[4] Alexander of
Aphrodisias,
Commentary on Aristotle's Topica 142.22; also in Ps.
Zonaras.
Translated by: Marcelo Boeri on 31 July 2000@18:52:08.
Vetted by:David Whitehead (augmented notes; cosmetics) on 16 August 2001@10:02:31.
Marcelo Boeri (Cosmetics) on 14 July 2003@16:20:08.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; cosmetics) on 30 November 2006@07:54:58.
David Whitehead (augmented notes and keywords; tweaking) on 5 November 2012@08:39:40.
David Whitehead (tweaked and expanded a note; coding) on 22 February 2016@05:24:44.
Catharine Roth (added a note) on 17 January 2018@01:05:11.
Catharine Roth (another cross-reference) on 20 January 2018@23:27:21.
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