ὄλβιος

ὄλβιος, ον Tz.H.1.600, but usu. α, ον, as Pi.O.13.4, E.Alc.452 (lyr.), Or.1338 : ([etym.] 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 CIG2017

(Thrac. Chers.), cf. JHS25.56 (Cyzic.);

ὄ. ὅστις ἰδών κτλ. Pi.Fr.137.1

, cf. Emp.132, S.El.160 (lyr.), etc.: c. gen.,

ὄλβιαι ὀρχηθμοῦ AP9.189

;

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. δοῖεν may they give thee rich gifts, Od.8.413 ; φίλα δῶρα, τά μοι θεοὶ . . ὄ. ποιήσειαν may they make them prosperous, 13.42 (also as Adv.,

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 νενόμισται ib.216. Adv.

-ίως S.OC1720

(lyr.) : irreg. [comp] Sup. ὄλβιστος, η, ον, Call.Lav.Pall.117, AP7.164 (Antip. Sid.), 1 (Alc. Mess.), 12.56 (Mel.), etc. : regul. [comp] Comp. and [comp] Sup. ὀλβιώτερος, ὀλβιώτατος, Hdt.1.32,30,216.—Poet. word, rare in [dialect] Att. Prose, as Pl.Prt.337d ([comp] Sup.), Plu.2.58e, and Com., as Ar.Ec.1131.