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ἐσθλός

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐσθλός

Structure: ἐσθλ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: much like a)gaqo/s,

Sense

  1. good, good, brave, rich, wealthy, noble
  2. good, fortunate, lucky
  3. goods, good luck
  4. it is good, expedient to

Examples

  • φήμασ δ’ ἐμοὶ ἐσθλὰσ ἐνεγκὼν ἀντὶ τῆσ ἀχλαινίασ ἐσθῆτα λήψῃ σῖτά θ’, ὥστε σ’ ἐσ πάτραν ἐλθεῖν, ἐπεὶ νῦν γ’ ἀθλίωσ ἔχονθ’ ὁρῶ. (Euripides, Helen, episode 4:39)
  • καὶ τὴν Σαπφὼ δὲ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ταῦτά φησιν εἰπεῖν κεῖνον, ὦ χρυσόθρονε Μοῦσ1’, ἔνισπεσ ὕμνον, ἐκ τᾶσ καλλιγύναικοσ ἐσθλᾶσ Τήιοσ χώρασ ὃν ἀείδε τερπνῶσ πρέσβυσ ἀγαυόσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 13, book 13, chapter 72 2:1)
  • Φῦσαι καὶ θρέψαι ῥᾷον βροτὸν ἢ φρένασ ἐσθλὰσ ἐνθέμεν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-1389231)
  • εἰ δ’ ἔτ’ ἀνιήσει γε πολὺν χρόνον υἱᾶσ Ἀχαιῶν, τὰ φρονέουσ’ ἀνὰ θυμόν, ὅ οἱ πέρι δῶκεν Ἀθήνη ἔργα τ’ ἐπίστασθαι περικαλλέα καὶ φρένασ ἐσθλὰσ κέρδεά θ’, οἷ’ οὔ πώ τιν’ ἀκούομεν οὐδὲ παλαιῶν, τάων αἳ πάροσ ἦσαν ἐυπλοκαμῖδεσ Ἀχαιαί, Τυρώ τ’ Ἀλκμήνη τε ἐυστέφανόσ τε Μυκήνη· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 2 10:8)
  • πέρι γάρ σφισι δῶκεν Ἀθήνη ἔργα τ’ ἐπίστασθαι περικαλλέα καὶ φρένασ ἐσθλάσ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 7 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. good

  2. good

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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