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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

  • τί φέρτερον ἢ θεοῖσιν φίλον ἐόντα παντο[δα]πῶν λαγχάνειν ἄπο μοῖρα[ν ἐσ]θλῶν; (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 4 Pu/qia.> 2:9)
  • τόθεν γὰρ πυθμένεσ θάλλουσιν ἐσθλ[ῶν, τοὺσ ὁ μεγιστοπάτωρ Ζεὺσ ἀκινήτουσ ἐν εἰρήν[ᾳ φυλάσσοι. (Bacchylides, , epinicians, ode 5 15:3)
  • Δάλιε, χοροῖσι Κηί̈ων φρένα ἰανθεὶσ ὄπαζε θεόπομπον ἐσθλῶν τύχαν. (Bacchylides, , dithyrambs, ode 17 6:4)
  • μηδὲ πολύξεινον μηδ’ ἄξεινον καλέεσθαι, μηδὲ κακῶν ἕταρον μηδ’ ἐσθλῶν νεικεστῆρα. (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 79:1)
  • δεινὸσ χαρακτὴρ κἀπίσημοσ ἐν βροτοῖσ ἐσθλῶν γενέσθαι, κἀπὶ μεῖζον ἔρχεται τῆσ εὐγενείασ ὄνομα τοῖσιν ἀξίοισ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 3:24)

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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