ὄλβος, ὁ,
happiness, bliss, especially worldly happiness, weal, ἀλλ᾽ οὔ μοι τοιοῦτον ἐπέκλωσαν θεοὶ ὄ. [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.208, compare 4.208; Ζεὺς δ᾽ αὐτὸς νέμει ὄ. ἀνθρώποισιν 6.188; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 16.596, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.206, compare 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 119: frequently in Lyric poetry, as 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.72, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 3.92, and Trag., as 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 164, 252, 709, +others; ὁ πρὶν παλαιὸς ὄ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1282, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 12 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: rarely in plural, ἐν Διὸς κήποις ἀροῦσθαι.. εὐδαίμονας ὄ. [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 320 (Lyric poetry).—poetical word, used by 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.32, 86, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.5.9, 4.2.44 and 46, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 421, 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιστολαί” 3, 5, LXX.Sir.30.15 ] LXX+5th c.BC+]. (Perh. cognate with Lithuanian algà (I.-[[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus ] Refs 5th c.BC+] olg[uglide]ā) 'wage'.)