ὄλβος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Furnée connects ὄλπα (ólpa, kind of food); if the gloss is cognate, it must be Pre-Greek, which is certainly a good possibility.

Pronunciation

 

Noun

ὄλβος • (ólbos) m (genitive ὄλβου); second declension

  1. wealth, prosperity, riches
  2. happiness, bliss, fortune

Inflection

Derived terms

  • ἄνολβος (ánolbos)
  • ὀλβήεις (olbḗeis)
  • ὀλβία (olbía)
  • Ὀλβία (Olbía)
  • ὀλβίζω (olbízō)
  • ὄλβιος (ólbios)
  • ὀλβιστήρ (olbistḗr)
  • ὀλβοδότειρα (olbodóteira)
  • ὀλβοδοτήρ (olbodotḗr)
  • ὀλβοδότης (olbodótēs)
  • ὀλβοθρέμμων (olbothrémmōn)
  • ὀλβοθύλακος (olbothúlakos)
  • ὀλβομέλαθρος (olbomélathros)
  • ὀλβονομέω (olbonoméō)
  • ὀλβοφόρος (olbophóros)

Descendants

  • Greek: όλβος (ólvos)

Further reading

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