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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

  • καὶ μέντοι τῇ ἀστρολογίῃ τὰ μὲν φαῦλα ἐσθλὰ ποιῆσαι ἀδύνατά ἐστιν οὐδὲ ἀλλάξαι τι τῶν ἀπορρεόντων πρηγμάτων, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ χρεομένουσ τάδε ὠφελέει· (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 29:4)
  • τὰ μὲν ἐσθλὰ εἰδότασ ἀπιξόμενα ^ πολλὸν ἀπόπροσθεν εὐφρανέει, τὰ δὲ φαῦλα εὐμαρέωσ δέχονται· (Lucian, De astrologia, (no name) 29:5)
  • "ὦ βασιλεῦ, τάδε τοι ἐγὼ ὀρρωδέων, εὖτέ με ταύτην ὁδὸν ἔπεμπεσ, ἀέκων ᾖον καὶ ἐπεί με ἀναγκαίη μεγάλη ἐκ σέο κατέλαβεν, τοιάδε ἐπετέλεσα, ἐσθλά μὲν ἐσ δεσπότεα, ἐμοὶ δὲ οὐκ εὐτυχέα. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 25:2)
  • ὁ δ’ αὐτὸσ ἐκεῖνοσ δημοσίᾳ μὲν ἰατρὸσ δῆθεν ἦν, ἠπίστατο δὲ κατὰ τὴν Θῶνοσ τοῦ Αἰγυπτίου γυναῖκα φάρμακα πολλὰ μὲν ἐσθλὰ μεμιγμένα, πολλὰ δὲ λυγρά· (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 5:4)
  • ἐσθλὰ δὲ πάντα τοῖσιν ἐήν· (Hesiod, Works and Days, Book WD 16:6)

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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