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εὐαγής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐαγής εὐαγές

Structure: εὐαγη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: au)gh/

Sense

  1. bright, far-seen, conspicuous, in full view, lofty

Examples

  • τοὺσ λόγουσ περὶ νόμων ἀεὶ τῆσ τε οἰκείασ πόλεωσ πέρι, καὶ ἐὰν ἄλλοθι πυνθάνωνταί τι περὶ τῶν τοιούτων διαφέρον, καὶ δὴ καὶ περὶ μαθημάτων, ὁπόσ’ ἂν ἐν ταύτῃ τῇ σκέψει δοκῇ συμφέρειν μαθοῦσι μὲν εὐαγέστερον γίγνεσθαι, μὴ μαθοῦσι δὲ σκοτωδέστερα τὰ περὶ νόμουσ αὐτοῖσ φαίνεσθαι καὶ ἀσαφῆ. (Plato, Laws, book 12 73:1)

Synonyms

  1. bright

Derived

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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