The corpus record

μᾰκᾰρ-ίζω

makarizo

bless, deem

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Where it lives

Malachias 2 · 14.4/10k
James 1 · 5.85/10k
Canticum 1 · 5.14/10k
Siracides 6 · 3.25/10k
Sapientia Salomonis 2 · 2.9/10k
Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k
Odae 1 · 2.46/10k
Enchiridion 1 · 2.02/10k
Hiero 1 · 1.68/10k
Job 2 · 1.5/10k
Agesilaus 1 · 1.36/10k
Bacchae 1 · 1.33/10k

Densest 12 of 34 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

bless, deem, pronounce happy, congratulate, for, blessing, happy

bless, deem or pronounce happy, congratulate, τινα Od. 15.538, Pi. N. 11.11, Hdt. 7.45, S. OT 1196 (lyr.), Antipho 2.4.4, E. Ba. 911 (lyr.), etc.; τινά τινος for a thing, Ar. V. 429, Lys. 2.81, Phld. Rh. 1.194 S.; τινὰ ἐπί τινι Id. D. 1.15; also μ. τὴν ῥώμην τινός, = μ. τινὰ τῆς ῥώμης, Hdt. 1.31; ironically, μακαρίσαντες ὑμῶν τὸ ἀπειρόκακον blessing your happy ignorance, Th. 5.105: with neut. Pron., τουτὶ . . σε μόνον (cj.) . . μακαρίζω Ar. V. 588:—Pass., Th. 2.51, D.L. 6.45: c. dat. modi, σωφρο

In the wild

μακαρίζοντες · makarizontes Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
μακαρίσειεν · makariseien Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1100a (DIORISIS sentence 264)
μακαρίζονται · makarizontai Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1100a (DIORISIS sentence 257)
μακαρίζειν · makarizein Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1100a (DIORISIS sentence 273)
μακαρίζει · makarizei Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1101b (DIORISIS sentence 312)
μακαρίζομεν · makarizomen Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1101b (DIORISIS sentence 311)

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