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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

  • εἰή δ’, ὦ θεοί, καὶ τὰ παρ’ ὑμῶν ἐμπνεῦσαι δεξιά, ὡσ νῦν γε μάλιστα πλησιστίου τε καὶ ἐσθλοῦ ἑταίρου ἀνέμου δεόμεθα, ἵνα, εἰ ἄξιοι φαινοίμεθα, καὶ ἡμῖν τὸ Ὁμηρικὸν ἐκεῖνο ἐπιφθέγξηταί τίσ, οἱήν ἐκ ῥακέων ὁ γέρων ἐπιγουνίδα φαίνει. (Lucian, Hercules, 8:5)
  • χαῖρ’, ἐσθλὸσ ἐσθλοῦ παῖσ, τύραννε τῆσδε γῆσ, Ἕκτορ· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambics1)
  • ἔμμορέ τοι τιμῆσ, ὅσ τ’ ἔμμορε γείτονοσ ἐσθλοῦ. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 39:5)
  • καὶ τότε νῆα θοὴν ἅλαδ’ ἑλκέμεν, ἐν δέ τε φόρτον ἄρμενον ἐντύνασθαι, ἵν’ οἴκαδε κέρδοσ ἄρηαι, ὥσ περ ἐμόσ τε πατὴρ καὶ σόσ, μέγα νήπιε Πέρσῃ, πλωίζεσκ’ ἐν νηυσί, βίου κεχρημένοσ ἐσθλοῦ· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 69:7)
  • ἔχει γε μέντοι καὶ τὸ θρεφθῆναι καλῶσ δίδαξιν ἐσθλοῦ· (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 5:7)

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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