ὄλβος
Word
Validation
No
Word-form
ὄλβιος
Word-lemma
Etymon-lemma
Transliteration (Word)
olbios
English translation (word)
prosperous
Transliteration (Etymon)
olbos
English translation (etymon)
prosperity
Century
2 AD
Source
Theognostus
Ref.
Canones sive De orthographia 503
Ed.
J. A. Cramer, Anecdota Graeca e codd. manuscriptis bibliothecarum Oxoniensium, vol. 2, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1835 (repr. Amsterdam: Hakkert, 1963)
Quotation
Ὄλβος παρὰ γὰρ τὸ ὅλος, καὶ πλεονασμῷ τοῦ β ὄλβος· οὕτως Ἡρωδιανὸς ἐν τῷ περὶ παθῶν· διὸ καὶ τὰ παρ’ αὐτὸ διὰ τοῦ ο· πανόλβιος· ὑπερόλβιος.
Translation (En)
Olbos "prosperity" comes from holos "entire", and with addition of the [b], olbos. This is what Herodian says in the Peri pathôn. This is why its derivatives also have the [o]: panolbios "very prosperous", huperolbios "extremely prosperous"
Parallels
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); Ps.-Zonaras, Lexicon, omicron, p. 1441 (idem)
Modern etymology
Derived from ὄλβος
Persistence in Modern Greek
No
Entry By
Le Feuvre
Comment
The last part of Theognostus' comment probably also comes from Herodian, even though Lentz does not include it. It says that ὄλβιος, here mentioned only in compounds, is derived from ὄλβος.