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εὔφορος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔφορος εὔφορος εὔφορον

Structure: εὐφορ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: fe/rw

Sense

  1. bearing well

Examples

  • ὅσα δὲ ῥᾳδίωσ καὶ ἀπραγμόνωσ ἔστιν ἐπικουρεῖν τῷ σώματι καὶ πρὸσ χειμῶνα καὶ πρὸσ λιμὸν καὶ πρὸσ τὸ παῦσαί τινα ὄρεξιν τοῦ σώματοσ, οὐ παρέπεμπεν οὐδὲν αὐτῶν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τόπουσ ᾑρεῖτο τοὺσ ὑγιεινοὺσ μᾶλλον ἢ τοὺσ νοσώδεισ καὶ τοὺσ εὐφόρουσ ἑκάστῃ ὡρ́ᾳ, καὶ τροφῆσ ὅπωσ εὐπορήσει τῆσ ἱκανῆσ ἐπεμελεῖτο καὶ ἐσθῆτοσ τῆσ μετρίασ, πραγμάτων δὲ καὶ δικῶν καὶ φιλονικιῶν καὶ πολέμων καὶ στάσεων ἐκτὸσ ἦν. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 36:4)

Synonyms

  1. bearing well

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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