ὄλβιος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ὄλβος (ólbos, “happiness, bliss”) +‎ -ιος (-ios).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ól.bi.os/ → /ˈol.βi.os/ → /ˈol.vi.os/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ól.bi.os/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈol.bi.os/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈol.βi.os/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈol.vi.os/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈol.vi.os/

Adjective

ὄλβῐος • (ólbĭos) m or f (neuter ὄλβῐον); second declension

1. happy, blessed, blest
2. (of things) rich, prosperous

Declension

Second declension of ὄλβῐος; ὄλβῐον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ὄλβῐος ólbĭos	ὄλβῐον ólbĭon		ὀλβῐ́ω olbĭ́ō	ὀλβῐ́ω olbĭ́ō		ὄλβῐοι ólbĭoi	ὄλβῐᾰ ólbĭă
Genitive		ὀλβῐ́ου olbĭ́ou	ὀλβῐ́ου olbĭ́ou		ὀλβῐ́οιν olbĭ́oin	ὀλβῐ́οιν olbĭ́oin		ὀλβῐ́ων olbĭ́ōn	ὀλβῐ́ων olbĭ́ōn
Dative		ὀλβῐ́ῳ olbĭ́ōi	ὀλβῐ́ῳ olbĭ́ōi		ὀλβῐ́οιν olbĭ́oin	ὀλβῐ́οιν olbĭ́oin		ὀλβῐ́οις olbĭ́ois	ὀλβῐ́οις olbĭ́ois
Accusative		ὄλβῐον ólbĭon	ὄλβῐον ólbĭon		ὀλβῐ́ω olbĭ́ō	ὀλβῐ́ω olbĭ́ō		ὀλβῐ́ους olbĭ́ous	ὄλβῐᾰ ólbĭă
Vocative		ὄλβῐε ólbĭe	ὄλβῐον ólbĭon		ὀλβῐ́ω olbĭ́ō	ὀλβῐ́ω olbĭ́ō		ὄλβῐοι ólbĭoi	ὄλβῐᾰ ólbĭă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀλβῐ́ως olbĭ́ōs			ὀλβῐώτερος olbĭṓteros			ὀλβῐώτᾰτος olbĭṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ὀλβιόβιος (olbióbios)
• ὀλβιογάστωρ (olbiogástōr)
• ὀλβιοδαίμων (olbiodaímōn)
• ὀλβιόδωρος (olbiódōros)
• ὀλβιοδώτης (olbiodṓtēs)
• ὀλβιοεργός (olbioergós)
• ὀλβιόθυμος (olbióthumos)
• ὀλβιόμοιρος (olbiómoiros)
• ὀλβιόπλουτος (olbióploutos)
• ὀλβιότυφος (olbiótuphos)
• ὀλβιόφρων (olbióphrōn)

 

Descendants

• Greek: όλβιος (ólvios)

Further reading

• “ὄλβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ὄλβιος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “ὄλβιος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• ὄλβιος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ὄλβιος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “ὄλβιος”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011