μᾰκᾰρ-ίτης[ῑ],ου , Dor.
μᾰκᾰ́ρ-τᾱς,ὁ,
A.
like μάκαρ
111 ,one blessed, i.e.dead, esp. of onelately dead, A. Pers. 633 (lyr.), Ar. Fr. 488.10 , Men. 1032 , PCair.Zen. 447.1
(iii B.C.): freq. in late writers, Plu. 2.120b , Ath. 3.113e ;ὁ μ. σου πατήρyourlatefather, Luc. DMeretr. 6.1 , etc.:—fem.μᾰκᾰρ-ῖτις,ιδος, Theoc. 2.70 , Herod. 6.55 ; ἡ μ. μου γυνή
Luc. Philops. 27
.
II. asAdj.,μ. βίος, with a play on 1 , Ar. Pl. 555 .