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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

  • ᾧ δ’ αὖτε γάμου μετὰ μοῖρα γένηται, κεδνὴν δ’ ἔσχεν ἄκοιτιν ἀρηρυῖαν πραπίδεσσι, τῷ δέ τ’ ἀπ’ αἰῶνοσ κακὸν ἐσθλῷ ἀντιφερίζει ἐμμενέσ· (Hesiod, Theogony, Book Th. 57:6)
  • ᾧ μὲν κ’ ἀμμίξασ δώῃ Ζεὺσ τερπικέραυνοσ, ἄλλοτε μέν τε κακῷ ὅ γε κύρεται ἄλλοτε δ’ ἐσθλῷ· (Plutarch, Consolatio ad Apollonium, chapter, section 7 3:1)
  • Πολλοί τοι χρῶνται δειλαῖσ φρεσί, δαίμονι δ’ ἐσθλῷ, οἷσ τὸ κακὸν δοκέον γίγνεται εἰσ ἀγαθόν· (Unknown, Elegy and Iambus, Volume I, , 1386-138985)
  • ἐσθλῷ, οἰχομένων ὄντων τε καὶ ἐσσομένων βασιλεύων, τῷ ταῦτα γράψαντι τεὴν χάριν αὐτὸσ ὀπάζοισ, ὄφρα κε σῇσ ἐφετμῇσι καλῶσ βίου οἶμον ὁδεύοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 242)
  • τῷ μὲν γὰρ ἐσθλῷ ἐγχωρεῖ κακῷ γενέσθαι, ὥσπερ καὶ παρ’ ἄλλου ποιητοῦ μαρτυρεῖται τοῦ εἰπόντοσ ‐ αὐτὰρ ἀνὴρ ἀγαθὸσ τοτὲ μὲν κακόσ, ἄλλοτε δ’ ἐσθλόσ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 294:1)

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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