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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

  • γυναικὸσ οὐδὲν χρῆμ’ ἀνὴρ ληΐζεται ἐσθλῆσ ἄμεινον οὐδὲ ῥίγιον κακῆσ. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume II, , 31)
  • εὖ διαθείσ, βιότου λῆγε μεριμνοτόκου, καί με τὸν ἰητρόν, προρρήσιοσ εἵνεκεν ἐσθλῆσ, ἐν τριτάτᾐ μοίρᾐ κάλλιπε κληρονόμον. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 382 4:1)
  • Ἀμφίλοχοσ δὲ τεὸσ πόσισ ἀντὶ δάμαρτοσ ἐσθλῆσ καὶ πινυτῆσ τλήμονα τύμβον ἔχει. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 8, chapter 119 1:2)
  • νῦν δὲ περὶ πτωχῶν ἐριδαίνομεν, οὐδέ τι δαιτὸσ ἐσθλῆσ ἔσσεται ἦδοσ, ἐπεὶ τὰ χερείονα νικᾷ. (Homer, Odyssey, Book 18 65:3)
  • οὐδέ τι δαιτὸσ ἐσθλῆσ ἔσσεται ἦδοσ, ἐπεὶ τὰ χερείονα νικᾷ. (Homer, Iliad, Book 1 61:5)

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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