μάκαρ
μάκαρ [v. infr.],
ᾰρος,
ὁ, also
μάκαρς Alcm. 10 ,
11 ;
μάκαρ as fem.,
E. Hel. 375 ,
Ba. 565 ,
Ar. Av. 1722 ,
Eub. 104 (all lyr.), Orac. ap.
D.S. 8 Fr. 29 ,
AP 12.52 (
Mel.), but usu. fem.
A). μάκαιρα h.Ap. 14 ,
Alcm. 37 ,
Sapph. 1.13 ,
Pi. P. 5.11 ,
E. Alc. 1003 (lyr.), etc.; Boeot.
μάκηρα Corinn. Supp. 1.15 : with neut. Nouns in oblique cases,
μακάρων ἐξ ἐτέων AP 9.424 (Duris);
μακάρων τεκέων Nonn. D. 21.263 .[
μᾰκᾱρ Archil. Supp. 3.5 ,
Sol. 14 ,
Diph. 126.6 (mock-Epic), elsewh.
μᾰκᾰρ Il. 3.182 , etc.]:—
blessed, happy, prop. epith. of the gods, as opp. mortal men,
πρός τε θεῶν μ. πρός τε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων Il. 1.339 : abs.,
μάκαρες the blessed ones,
μακάρων μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμόσσαι Od. 10.299 , cf.
Hes. Op. 136 ,
Sol. 13.3 ,
Pi. O. 1.52 ,
A. Supp. 1019 (lyr.);
μ. χθόνιοι Id. Ch. 476 (lyr.);
οὐράνιοι μ. E. HF 758 (lyr.);
μ. ὀλίζονες lesser
gods,
Call. Jov. 72 .—In this sense always in pl., exc. in addressing single gods, as
h.Hom. 8.16 , Sapph.l.c., Corinn.l.c.,
S. Ph. 400 (lyr.), etc.: freq. in Inscrr.,
μ. Παιάν IG 14.1015 ;
μάκαιρα, of Persephone, ib.
12(5).229 (Paros).
II). of men,
blest, fortunate,
ὦ μάκαρ Ἀτρεΐδη Il. 3.182 , cf.
24.377 ,
Thgn. 1013 ,
Pi. P. 4.59 , etc.;
μάκαιρα Θήβα, ἑστία, etc.,
Id. I. 7(6).1 ,
P. 5.11 , etc.; esp.
wealthy,
ἀνδρὸς μάκαρος κατ’ ἄρουραν Il. 11.68 , cf.
Od. 1.217 .
III). esp.
μάκαρες,,
the blessed dead,
μ. θνητοῖς καλέονται Hes. Op. 141 ;
μακάρων νῆσοι the Islands
of the Blest, ib.
171 ; of an oasis in the African desert,
Hdt. 3.26 : sg.,
μ. νᾶσος Pi. O. 2.71 ;
ἀπιὼν εἰς μακάρων δή τινας εὐδαιμονίας Pl. Phd. 115d , cf.
Grg. 523b ,
R. 519c , al.—This sense does not occur in
Hom., and is the only usage found in Prose,
μακάριος being the common form.
ShortDef
blessed, happy
Macar, son of Aeolus
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
μάκαρ
Headword (normalized/stripped):
μακαρ
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-64577
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μάκαρ</span> [v. infr.], <span class="itype greek">ᾰρος</span>, <span class="gen greek">ὁ</span>, also <span class="orth greek">μάκαρς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 10 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μάκαρ</span> as fem., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:375" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg014.perseus-grc1:375/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Hel.</span> 375 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:565" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg017.perseus-grc1:565/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ba.</span> 565 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1722" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg006.perseus-grc1:1722/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Av.</span> 1722 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:104" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0458.tlg001:104/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Eub.</span> 104 </a> (all lyr.), Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0060.tlg001.perseus-grc3:8/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.S.</span> 8 </a> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 29 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 12.52 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Mel.</span></span>), but usu. fem. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">μάκαιρα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg003.perseus-grc1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Ap.</span> 14 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:37" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0291.tlg001:37/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Alcm.</span> 37 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sapph.</span> 1.13 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 5.11 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1003" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1003/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Alc.</span> 1003 </a> (lyr.), etc.; Boeot. <span class="quote greek">μάκηρα</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Corinn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 1.15 </span> : with neut. Nouns in oblique cases, <span class="quote greek">μακάρων ἐξ ἐτέων</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.424 </span> (Duris); <span class="quote greek">μακάρων τεκέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21:263" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2045.tlg001.perseus-grc1:21.263/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Nonn.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">D.</span> 21.263 </a> .[<span class="itype greek">μᾰκᾱρ</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Archil.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 3.5 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 14 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:126:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0447.tlg001:126.6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Diph.</span> 126.6 </a> (mock-Epic), elsewh. <span class="itype greek">μᾰκᾰρ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.182 </a>, etc.]:— <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blessed, happy</span>, prop. epith. of the gods, as opp. mortal men, <span class="quote greek">πρός τε θεῶν μ. πρός τε θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:339" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.339/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.339 </a> : abs., <span class="foreign greek">μάκαρες</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the blessed ones</span>, <span class="quote greek">μακάρων μέγαν ὅρκον ὀμόσσαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:10:299" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:10.299/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 10.299 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:136" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:136/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 136 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:13:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0263.tlg001:13.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sol.</span> 13.3 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:52" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.52/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 1.52 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1019" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1019/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 1019 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">μ. χθόνιοι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:476" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg006.perseus-grc1:476/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ch.</span> 476 </a> (lyr.); <span class="quote greek">οὐράνιοι μ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:758" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg009.perseus-grc1:758/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HF</span> 758 </a> (lyr.); <span class="foreign greek">μ. ὀλίζονες</span> lesser <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">gods</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:72" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg002:72/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Jov.</span> 72 </a>.—In this sense always in pl., exc. in addressing single gods, as <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg008.perseus-grc1:16" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg008.perseus-grc1:16/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Hom.</span> 8.16 </a>, Sapph.l.c., Corinn.l.c., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:400" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg006.perseus-grc1:400/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ph.</span> 400 </a> (lyr.), etc.: freq. in Inscrr., <span class="quote greek">μ. Παιάν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 14.1015 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">μάκαιρα</span>, of Persephone, ib.<span class="bibl"> 12(5).229 </span> (Paros). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> of men, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">blest, fortunate</span>, <span class="quote greek">ὦ μάκαρ Ἀτρεΐδη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:182" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.182/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 3.182 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:24:377" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:24.377/canonical-url/"> 24.377 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 1013 </span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.59 </a>, etc.; <span class="foreign greek">μάκαιρα Θήβα, ἑστία</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:7(6).1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg004.perseus-grc1:7(6).1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">I.</span> 7(6).1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:5.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 5.11 </a>, etc.; esp. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">wealthy</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀνδρὸς μάκαρος κατ’ ἄρουραν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11:68" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:11.68/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 11.68 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:1:217" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:1.217/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 1.217 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> esp. <span class="foreign greek">μάκαρες,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the blessed dead</span>, <span class="quote greek">μ. θνητοῖς καλέονται</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:141" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:141/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Op.</span> 141 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μακάρων νῆσοι</span> the Islands <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">of the Blest</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:171" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg002.perseus-grc1:171/canonical-url/"> 171 </a>; of an oasis in the African desert, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:3.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 3.26 </a>: sg., <span class="quote greek">μ. νᾶσος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:71" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.71/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 2.71 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἀπιὼν εἰς μακάρων δή τινας εὐδαιμονίας</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:115d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc1:115d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phd.</span> 115d </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:523b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg023:523b/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Grg.</span> 523b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:519c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:519c/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 519c </a>, al.—This sense does not occur in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, and is the only usage found in Prose, <span class="foreign greek">μακάριος</span> being the common form. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> Sup. <span class="quote greek">μακάρτατος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:6:158" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:6.158/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 6.158 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:483" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.483/canonical-url/"> 11.483 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:410" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:410/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 410 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">μακάρων μακάρτατε</span>, of Zeus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:524" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg001.perseus-grc1:524/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Supp.</span> 524 </a> (lyr.).</div> </div><br><br>'}