ὅλος + βίος

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Word-form

ὄλβιος

Transliteration (Word)

olbios

English translation (word)

prosperous

Transliteration (Etymon)

holos + bios

English translation (etymon)

entire + life

Author

Hesychius

Century

5/6 AD

Source

Idem

Ref.

Lexicon, omicron 512

Ed.

K. Latte, Hesychii alexandrine lexicon, Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1953-1966

Quotation

ὄλβιος· πλούσιος, εὐδαίμων. ὁ διὰ τοῦ ὅλου βίου μακαριστός 

Translation (En)

Olbios: rich, prosperous. The one blessed in his entire life (dia tou holou biou)

Comment

Compositional etymology parsing the second member of the compound as βίος "life". The prosperous man is the one who has been happy all his life. The first member is identified as ὅλος, which is the etymon of ὄλβιος for Herodian (see ὄλβος / ὅλος).

Parallels

Etym. Gudianum, omicron, p. 425 (Ὄλβιος, ὁλόβιός τις ὢν, ὁ ὅλον βίον ἔχων, τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ὁλόκληρον. καὶ εἰς τὸ πανόλβιος); ibid., pi, p. 450 (Πανόλβιος, παρὰ τὸ πᾶν καὶ τὸ ὄλβος, ὃ σημαίνει τὸν πλοῦτον πανόλβιος, ἤγουν πανυπλούσιος· ἢ παρὰ τὸ οὖλος, ὃ σημαίνει τὸν ὑγιῆ, οὐλόβιος, μετὰ τοῦ βιὸς· καὶ ἀποβολῇ τοῦ υ, καὶ κατὰ συγκοπὴν ὄλβιος· φαμὲν γὰρ οὖλαι τε καὶ μέγα χαῖρε, ἀντὶ τοῦ ὑγιάναι· ὄλβιος οὖν ἐστιν, ὁ ἐν μηδένι ἐνδεής· τὸ δὲ ὄλβ[ι]ος γέγονε, παρὰ τὸ ὅλον, ὃ σημαίνει τὸ ὁλόκληρον καὶ πλούσιον); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 621 (Ὄλβιος: Μακάριος, εὐδαίμων, πλούσιος, καὶ ἐν μηδενὶ ἐνδεὴς ὢν, οἱονεὶ οὔλιός τις ὤν· οὖλον γὰρ ἐνταῦθα τὸ ὑγιές. Ἢ παρὰ τὸ ὄλβος, ὅ ἐστιν ὁλόκληρος καὶ τέλειος· τοῦτο δὲ παρὰ τὸ ὅλος· πλεονασμῷ τοῦ β, ὄλβος. Ὄλβιοι δὲ λέγονται οἱ ὅλον τὸν βίον, ἤγουν τῆς ζωῆς χρόνον, ἐν εὐδαιμονίᾳ διάγοντες); Eustathius, Comm. Il. 1, 633 Van der Valk (Ὄλβιος δέ ἐστιν ὁ τὸν ὅλον βίον, ἤτοι τὸν τῆς ζωῆς πάντα χρόνον, ἐν εὐδαιμονίᾳ διάγων. τινὲς δὲ ὄλβιόν φασι κυρίως τὸν ἀπὸ γεωργίας πλούσιον, οὗ ἐν ὀλαῖς ἤτοι κριθαῖς ὁ βίος, ἃς καὶ οὐλὰς ἡ ποίησις λέγει, ἐξ ὧν ὡς ἀπὸ μέρους τὰ ἐκ γῆς δηλοῦται ἀγαθά)

Modern etymology

Derived from ὄλβος

Persistence in Modern Greek

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