Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • ὁ δ’, ὡσ ἐν ἱερῷ μάντεσίν τ’ ἐσθλοῖσ τραφείσ, οἰωνὸν ἔθετο, κἀκέλευσ’ ἄλλον νέον κρατῆρα πληροῦν· (Euripides, Ion, episode 4:7)
  • δείδια γάρ, τριτάτησ μοίρησ μελιηδέοσ οἴνου πινομένησ, μὴ σ1’ Ὕβρισ ἐνὶ φρεσὶ θυμὸν ἀέρσῃ, ἐσθλοῖσ δὲ ξενίοισι κακὴν ἐπιθῇσι τελευτήν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 3 2:12)
  • ἐσθλοῖσ γὰρ ἐπ’ ἀνδράσιν οὔτι μεγαίρω, ὡσ αὐτοὶ μυθεῖσθε τὸν Ἑλλάδι κοιρανέοντα. (Apollodorus, Argonautica, book 3 7:29)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἔτ’ ἄνδρεσ ἐπ’ ἔργμασιν ὡσ πάροσ ἐσθλοῖσ αἰνεῖσθαι σπεύδοντι, νενίκηνται δ’ ὑπὸ κερδέων. (Theocritus, Idylls, 9)
  • τὴν Φρυγίην Αἴσχρην, ἀγαθὸν γάλα, πᾶσιν ἐν ἐσθλοῖσ Μίκκοσ καὶ ζωὴν οὖσαν ἐγηροκόμει, καὶ φθιμένην ἀνέθηκεν, ἐπεσσομένοισιν ὁρᾶσθαι ἡ γρηῢσ μαστῶν ὡσ ἀπέχει χάριτασ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 4581)

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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