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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

  • δημότησ ἂν εὐτυχὴσ ζῆν ἂν θέλοιμι μᾶλλον ἢ τύραννοσ ὤν, ᾧ τοὺσ πονηροὺσ ἡδονὴ φίλουσ ἔχειν, ἐσθλοὺσ δὲ μισεῖ κατθανεῖν φοβούμενοσ. (Euripides, Ion, episode, iambic 3:3)
  • ἃ μὲν γὰρ εἶπα, σὺν θεοῖσιν ἤνυσα,ἄλλα δ’ οὐ μάτην ἐέρδον, οὐδέ μοι τυραννίδοσἁνδάνει βίᾳ τι ῥέζειν, οὐδὲ πιείρασ χθονὸσπατρίδοσ κακοῖσιν ἐσθλοὺσ ἰσομοιρίαν ἔχειν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 12 3:5)
  • ἃ μὲν γὰρ εἶπα σὺν θεοῖσιν ἤνυσα, ἄλλα δ’ οὐ μάτην ἐέρδον, οὐδέ μοι τυραννίδοσ ἥνδανεν βίᾳ τι ῥέζειν, οὐδὲ πιείρασ χθονὸσ πατρίδοσ κακοῖσιν ἐσθλοὺσ ἰσομοιρίαν ἔχειν. (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 22)
  • τοὺσ μὲν σὺν νήεσσιν ἄγων πολέασ τε καὶ ἐσθλοὺσ ὤλεσε μὲν νῆασ γλαφυράσ, ἀπὸ δ’ ὤλεσε λαούσ· (Homer, Odyssey, Book 24 45:2)
  • ἱππῆασ μὲν πρῶτα σὺν ἵπποισιν καὶ ὄχεσφι, πεζοὺσ δ’ ἐξόπιθε στῆσεν πολέασ τε καὶ ἐσθλοὺσ ἑρ́κοσ ἔμεν πολέμοιο· (Homer, Iliad, Book 4 31:3)

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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