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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

  • ἦ μέν οἱ πατέρ’ ἐσθλὸν ἀπέκτανε ἶφι δαμάσσασ, χωσάμενοσ περὶ βουσί· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 2:6)
  • οἰο͂ν δὴ καὶ τόνδε βροτὸν κρατερόν τε μέγαν τε σὰσ ἐσ χεῖρασ ἄγουσιν, ἵνα κλέοσ ἐσθλὸν ἄρηαι. (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 8:3)
  • "ὦ Κομβάβε, ἐσθλὸν ἐόντα φιλέω τε μάλιστα φίλων ἐμῶν καὶ πάμπαν ἐπαινέω σοφίησ τε καὶ εὐνοίησ τῆσ ἐσ ἡμέασ, ἣν δὴ ἐπεδέξαο. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 19:4)
  • καὶ λέγουσιν οἱ ἐν τῇ ἱρῇ πόλει τὴν Ἥρην τουτέων αἰτίην ἐθέλουσαν γενέσθαι, Κομβάβον ἐσθλὸν μὲν ἐόντα λαθέειν μηδαμά, Στρατονίκην δὲ τίσασθαι, ὅτι οὐ ῥηιδίωσ τὸν νηὸν ὑπίσχετο. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 21:3)
  • Πυθαγόρην πολέμων τε διάκτορον ἐσθλὸν ἀοιδόν. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 33:3)

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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