Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐεύρετος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐεύρετος εὐεύρετον

Structure: εὐευρετ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: eu(ri/skw

Sense

  1. easy to find, in which it will be easy to find things

Examples

  • ἐγὼ οὖν κατιδὼν ταύτην τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆσ κατασκευῆσ ἔλεγον τῇ γυναικὶ ὅτι πάνυ ἂν ἡμῶν εἰή βλακικόν, εἰ οἱ μὲν ἐν τοῖσ πλοίοισ καὶ μικροῖσ οὖσι χώρασ εὑρίσκουσι, καὶ σαλεύοντεσ ἰσχυρῶσ ὅμωσ σῴζουσι τὴν τάξιν, καὶ ὑπερφοβούμενοι ὅμωσ εὑρίσκουσι τὸ δέον λαμβάνειν, ἡμεῖσ δὲ καὶ διῃρημένων ἑκάστοισ θηκῶν ἐν τῇ οἰκίᾳ μεγάλων καὶ βεβηκυίασ τῆσ οἰκίασ ἐν δαπέδῳ, εἰ μὴ εὑρήσομεν καλὴν καὶ εὐεύρετον χώραν ἑκάστοισ αὐτῶν, πῶσ οὐκ ἂν πολλὴ ἡμῶν ἀσυνεσία εἰή; (Xenophon, Works on Socrates, , chapter 8 18:1)

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

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