- ὄλβος
- ὄλβος ΟΚGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `prosperity, blessed state, wealth, happiness' (Il.; on the meaning Radermacher Gnomon 14, 296).Compounds: Compp., e.g. ὀλβο-δότης, Dor. -δότας m., -δότειρα f. `giver of wealth' (E. in lyr., hell.) ἄν-ολβος `without prosperity, unhappy' (Orac. ap. Hdt. 1, 85, trag.).Derivatives: 1. ὄλβιος `blessed, having goods, happy' (Il.), voc. ὀλβιό-δ᾽αιμον (Γ 182; Schwyzer 105 w. lit.), superlative ὄλβιστος (hell.; Seiler Steigerungsformen 104 f.); 2. ὀλβήεις `id.' (Man.); 3. ὀλβ-ία f. = ὄλβος (Phot.); 4. ὀλβίζω `to bless, to bless oneself' (trag.; ἐπ- ὄλβος Nonn.) with ὀλβιστήρ, -ῆρος `blesser' (late).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Unexplained. Various hypotheses by Prellwitz s. v., Bezzenberger BB 5, 171 f., Pisani KZ 61, 180ff., Grošelj Živa Ant. 2, 213, Machek Listy filol. 72, 71 f. - Furnée 155 connects ὄλπα χόνδρου τις ἕψησις. --- ἔδεσμά τι. η ὄλβος H.; if the word is cognate, it must be Pre-Greek, which is at all a good possibility.Page in Frisk: 2,375
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.