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ὄλβος

ὄλβος, happiness, bliss, weal, wealth

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ὄλβω Noun: masculine nominative dual, Noun: masculine vocative dual, Noun: masculine accusative dual, Noun: masculine genitive singular of ὄλβος

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ὄλβος, ὁ,
  • happiness, bliss, esp. worldly happiness, weal, ἀλλʼ οὔ μοι τοιοῦτον ἐπέκλωσαν θεοὶ ὄ. Od. 3.208, cf. 4.208; Ζεὺς δʼ αὐτὸς νέμει ὄ. ἀνθρώποισιν 6.188; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε Il. 16.596, Od. 14.206, cf. Emp. 119: freq. in Lyr., as Pi. O. 6.72, B. 3.92, and Trag., as A. Pers. 164, 252, 709, al.; ὁ πρὶν παλαιὸς ὄ. S. OT 1282, cf. Plu. Per. 12: rarely in pl., ἐν Διὸς κήποις ἀροῦσθαι . . εὐδαίμονας ὄ. S. Fr. 320 (lyr.).—Poet. word, used by Hdt. 1.32, 86, X. Cyr. 1.5.9, 4.2.44 and 46, Ar. Av. 421, Hp. Ep. 3, 5, LXX Si. 30.15. (Perh. cogn. with Lith. algà (I.-E. olgṷā) ‘wage’.)

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