μᾰκᾰρ-ιστός, ή, όν,
deemed or to be deemed happy, ἐς Ἀΐδα κατέβα πᾶσιν μ. ἰδέσθαι [[ “IG” 12.1085; πρὸς πάντων ἀνθρώπων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.18; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν πολλῶν μ. αἵρεσις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 256c; πᾶσι Χαλδαίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.2.6 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: absolutely, enviable, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 550, 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Gnomologium Vaticanum - Kleine Schriften” 17; μ. γάμος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1725; ὦ μακαριστὲ Κομᾶτα 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 7.83, cf. Callias Epigrammaticus “epigram” in “Berl.Sitzb.” 1912.548 (perhaps _proparoxytone_, quasi- _superlative_ of μάκαρ)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ότερος [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.143 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος [[ “Lyrica Adespota” 139.6, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.1.33, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.70, “Sammelb.” 5765.4 (3rd-4th c.AD), 4th c.AD(?): Manetho Astrologus 1.209; αἱ -όταται φύσεις 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1232p.70V. ] Refs 5th c.BC+] adverb - τῶς, διάγειν [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 2.6.1. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]