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ὄλβος

olbos

prosperity, blessed state, wealth, happiness

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Where it lives

Works and Days 6 · 10.41/10k
Persians 5 · 9.82/10k
Heracles 4 · 5.11/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 4 · 4.82/10k
Eumenides 2 · 3.82/10k
Agamemnon 3 · 3.7/10k
Ion 3 · 3.28/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 3 · 3.24/10k
Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
Suppliants 2 · 2.84/10k
Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k

Densest 12 of 26 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. ὄλβος · olbos — Beekes

ὄλβος [m.] ‘prosperity, blessed state, wealth, happiness’ (II.). «COMP ὀλβο-δότης, Dor. -δότας [m.], -δότειρα [f.] ‘giver of wealth’ (E. [lyr], Hell.) ἄν-ολβος ‘without prosperity, unhappy’ (Orac. apud Hat. 1, 85, trag.). DER 1. ὄλβιος “blessed, well-to-do, happy’ (1].), voc. ὀλβιό-δαιμον (I 182), super. ὄλβιστος (Hell.); 2. ὀλβήεις ‘id? (Man.); 3. ὀλβ-ία [6] = ὄλβος (Phot.); 4. ὀλβίζω [v.] ‘to bless (oneself) … — [Beekes, s.v. ὄλβος, p. 1118]

2. ὄλβος · olbos — Chantraine

ὄλβος : m. «bonheur matériel, prospérité accordée par les dieux aux hommes » (Hom., poètes, parfois chez Hät., X.), se distingue en principe de ἄφενος, ou πλοῦτος (cf. 11, 16,596) qui s'appliquent particulièrement à la richesse, et de εὐδαιμονία qui souligne la notion de « faveur des dieux»; cf. De Heer, Μάκαρ, εὐδαίμων, ὄλδιος, εὐτυχής Amsterdam 1969. Composés : au premier terme, ὀλθοδότης, dor. «δότᾶς m. (E., … — [Chantraine, s.v. ὄλβος, p. 808]

3. ὄλβος · olbos — Frisk

ὄλβος m. “Wohlstand, gesegneter Zustand, Reichtum, Glück’ (vorw. ep. poet. seit Il.; zur Bed. Radermacher Gnomon 14, 296). Kompp., z.B. ὀλβο-δότης, dor. -δότας m., -δότειρα f. “‘Spender(in) des Wohlstands’ (Εἰ. in Iyr., hell. u. sp. Dichtung), äv-oAßos “ohne Wohlstand, unglücklich’ (Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 85, Trag. u.a.). — Ableitungen. 1. ὄλβιος "gesegnet, begütert, glücklich’ (vorw. ep. poet. seit Il.), Vok. … — [Frisk, s.v. ὄλβος, p. 1347]

4. ὄλβος · olbos — LSJ

happiness, bliss, worldly happiness, weal

happiness, bliss, esp. worldly happiness, weal, ἀλλʼ οὔ μοι τοιοῦτον ἐπέκλωσαν θεοὶ ὄ. Od. 3.208, cf. 4.208 ; Ζεὺς δʼ αὐτὸς νέμει ὄ. ἀνθρώποισιν 6.188 ; ὄλβῳ τε πλούτῳ τε Il. 16.596, Od. 14.206, cf. Emp. 119 : freq. in Lyr., as Pi. O. 6.72, B. 3.92, and Trag., as A. Pers. 164, 252, 709, al. ; ὁ πρὶν παλαιὸς ὄ. S. OT 1282, cf. Plu. Per. 12 : rarely in pl., ἐν Διὸς κήποις ἀροῦσθαι . . εὐδαίμονας ὄ. S. Fr. 320 (lyr.).—Poet. word, used by Hdt. 1.32, 86, X. Cyr. 1.5.9, 4.2.44 and 46, Ar. Av. 421, Hp.

In the wild

ὄλβον · olbon Aeschylus, Agamemnon 471
ὄλβον · olbon Aeschylus, Agamemnon 750–756
ὄλβον · olbon Aeschylus, Agamemnon 834–837
ὄλβος · olbos Aeschylus, Eumenides 535–537
ὄλβον · olbon Aeschylus, Eumenides 563–565
ὄλβον · olbon Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 859–865

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Where it came from

Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὄλβος (scan p. 1118; entry #4504).
Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὄλβος (scan p. 808; entry #5854).
Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὄλβος (scan p. 1347; entry #4221).

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