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εὔαγρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔαγρος εὔαγρον

Structure: εὐαγρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)/gra

Sense

  1. lucky in the chase, blessed with success

Examples

  • τῷ σὺ δίδου μὴ πολλά, δι’ εὐάγρου δὲ λίνοιο, δαῖμον, ὑλακτούσησ νηδύοσ ἡσυχίην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 89 1:2)
  • Θῆριν τὸν τριγέροντα, τὸν εὐάγρων ἀπὸ κύρτων ζῶντα, τὸν αἰθυίησ πλείονα νηξάμενον, ἰχθυσιληϊστῆρα, σαγηνέα, χηραμοδύτην, οὐχὶ πολυσκάλμου πλώτορα ναυτιλίησ, ἔμπησ οὔτ’ Ἀρκτοῦροσ ἀπώλεσεν, οὔτε καταιγὶσ ἤλασε τὰσ πολλὰσ τῶν ἐτέων δεκάδασ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 2951)

Synonyms

  1. lucky in the chase

Related

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

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