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 • (ólbios) 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 ólbios	ὄλβῐον ólbion		ὀλβῐ́ω olbíō	ὀλβῐ́ω olbíō		ὄλβῐοι ólbioi	ὄλβῐᾰ ólbia
Genitive		ὀλβῐ́ου olbíou	ὀλβῐ́ου olbíou		ὀλβῐ́οιν olbíoin	ὀλβῐ́οιν olbíoin		ὀλβῐ́ων olbíōn	ὀλβῐ́ων olbíōn
Dative		ὀλβῐ́ῳ olbíōi	ὀλβῐ́ῳ olbíōi		ὀλβῐ́οιν olbíoin	ὀλβῐ́οιν olbíoin		ὀλβῐ́οις olbíois	ὀλβῐ́οις olbíois
Accusative		ὄλβῐον ólbion	ὄλβῐον ólbion		ὀλβῐ́ω olbíō	ὀλβῐ́ω olbíō		ὀλβῐ́ους olbíous	ὄλβῐᾰ ólbia
Vocative		ὄλβῐε ólbie	ὄλβῐον ólbion		ὀλβῐ́ω olbíō	ὀλβῐ́ω olbíō		ὄλβῐοι ólbioi	ὄλβῐᾰ ólbia
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ὀλβῐ́ως olbíōs			ὀλβῐώτερος olbiṓteros			ὀλβῐώτᾰτος olbiṓtatos
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] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011