"εὐδαιμονία" meaning in Ancient Greek

See εὐδαιμονία in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /eu̯.dai̯.mo.ní.aː/, /eβ.ðɛ.moˈni.a/, /ev.ðe.moˈni.a/, /eu̯.dai̯.mo.ní.aː/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ew.dɛ.moˈni.a/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /eβ.ðɛ.moˈni.a/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ev.ðe.moˈni.a/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ev.ðe.moˈni.a/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn, “fortunate”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, “feminine abstract substantive”). Etymology templates: {{root|grc|ine-pro|*h₁es-}}, {{af|grc|εὐδαίμων|-ίᾱ|t1=fortunate|t2=feminine abstract substantive}} εὐδαίμων (eudaímōn, “fortunate”) + -ίᾱ (-íā, “feminine abstract substantive”) Head templates: {{grc-noun|εὐδαιμονίᾱς|f|first|head=εὐδαιμονίᾱ}} εὐδαιμονίᾱ • (eudaimoníā) f (genitive εὐδαιμονίᾱς); first declension Inflection templates: {{grc-decl|εὐδαιμονίᾱ|ᾱς}} Forms: εὐδαιμονίᾱ [canonical], eudaimoníā [romanization], εὐδαιμονίᾱς [genitive], Attic declension-1 [table-tags], ἡ εὐδαιμονίᾱ [nominative, singular], τὼ εὐδαιμονίᾱ [dual, nominative], αἱ εὐδαιμονίαι [nominative, plural], τῆς εὐδαιμονίᾱς [genitive, singular], τοῖν εὐδαιμονίαιν [dual, genitive], τῶν εὐδαιμονιῶν [genitive, plural], τῇ εὐδαιμονίᾳ [dative, singular], τοῖν εὐδαιμονίαιν [dative, dual], ταῖς εὐδαιμονίαις [dative, plural], τὴν εὐδαιμονίᾱν [accusative, singular], τὼ εὐδαιμονίᾱ [accusative, dual], τᾱ̀ς εὐδαιμονίᾱς [accusative, plural], εὐδαιμονίᾱ [singular, vocative], εὐδαιμονίᾱ [dual, vocative], εὐδαιμονίαι [plural, vocative]
  1. happiness, well-being
    Sense id: en-εὐδαιμονία-grc-noun-Ty5Sbg80
  2. (ethics) Eudaimonia (in Aristotelian ethics, a condition of living a life of the highest virtue; the state of human flourishing, which is desirable in and of itself, rather than as a means towards some other end) Categories (topical): Ethics
    Sense id: en-εὐδαιμονία-grc-noun-YFtf1Avh Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension, Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek feminine nouns in the first declension: 4 96 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms suffixed with -ία: 4 96 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 94 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 97 Topics: ethics, human-sciences, philosophy, sciences
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