Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐαίρετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐαίρετος εὐαίρετον

Structure: εὐαιρετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ai(re/w

Sense

  1. easy to be taken

Examples

  • ταῦτ’ ἄρα πρὸ πολλοῦ ἐφυλάξαντο γνωσιμαχέοντεσ καὶ τἆλλα καὶ ὅτι χώρην ἄρα εἶχον εὐαίρετόν τε καὶ ταχυάλωτον. (Herodotus, The Histories, book 7, chapter 130 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. easy to be taken

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

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