happy, blest,
ὄλβιος,ον
Tz. H. 1.600 , but usu.α,ον, as Pi. O. 13.4 , E. Alc. 452 (lyr.), Or. 1338 : (ὄλβος) :
I. of persons,happy, blest,esp. with reference to worldly goods, οἶκον . . ἔναιον ὄλβιος ἀφνειόν
Od. 17.420
, cf. Il. 24.543 (nowhere else in Il. ), etc. ; εὐδαίμων τε καὶ ὄ.
Hes. Op. 826
; χρήμασι ὄ.
Hdt. 8.75
; μέγα ὄλβιος
Id. 6.24
; Πριάμου τοῦ μέγ' ὀλβίου
E. Hec. 493
; τοῖς ὀλβίοις
A. Ag. 941
; ὄ. δῶμα
Pi. N. 9.3
; τὰν ὀλβίαν Κόρινθον
Id. O. 13.4
; also of more than mere outward prosperity, Hdt. 1.30 - 2 .
2. generally,happy, blessed,
ὄλβιον ξάνθαν ἐλάτηρα πώλων
Alc. Supp. 8.14
; ὄλβιε Ζεῦ
A. Supp. 526
(lyr.) ; Διὶ ὀ. εὐχαριστήριον
CIG 2017
(Thrac. Chers.), cf. JHS 25.56 (Cyzic.); ὄ. ὅστις ἰδών κτλ.
Pi. Fr. 137.1
, cf. Emp. 132 , S. El. 160 (lyr.), etc.: c. gen., ὄλβιαι ὀρχηθμοῦ
AP 9.189
; ὄλβιε καὶ ζωῆς, ὄλβιε καὶ θανάτου
Epigr.Gr. 243.15
(Pergam.).
II. of things, used by Hom. (only in Od. ) always in neut. pl.,θεοὶ δέ τοι ὄ. δοῖενmay they give theerich gifts,
Od. 8.413 ;φίλα δῶρα, τά μοι θεοὶ . . ὄ. ποιήσειανmay they make themprosperous,
13.42 (also asAdv., τοῖσιν θεοὶ ὄ. δοῖεν ζωέμεναι happily,
7.148
) ; so in Hdt. , πάντα μεγάλα . . καὶ ὄ.
1.30
;εἴπας πολλὰ καὶ ὄ.ib. 31 ;ταῦτα τὰ -ώτατά σφι νενόμισταιib. 216 .Adv.
-ίως
S. OC 1720
(lyr.) : irreg. Sup.
ὄλβιστος,η,ον,
Call. Lav.Pall. 117 , AP 7.164 (Antip. Sid.), 1 ( Alc. Mess.), 12.56 ( Mel. ), etc. : regul. Comp. and Sup.
ὀλβιώτερος, ὀλβιώτατος,
Hdt. 1.32 , 30 , 216 .—Poet. word, rare in Att. Prose, as Pl. Prt. 337d ( Sup. ), Plu. 2.58e , and Com., as Ar. Ec. 1131 .
