Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐφυής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐφυής εὐφυές

Structure: εὐφυη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: fuh/

Sense

  1. well-grown, shapely, goodly
  2. of good natural disposition
  3. naturally suited or adapted
  4. of good natural parts, clever

Examples

  • τά τε οὖν σώματα τὰ καλὰ μᾶλλον ἢ τὰ αἰσχρὰ ἀσπάζεται ἅτε κυῶν, καὶ ἂν ἐντύχῃ ψυχῇ καλῇ καὶ γενναίᾳ καὶ εὐφυεῖ, πάνυ δὴ ἀσπάζεται τὸ συναμφότερον, καὶ πρὸσ τοῦτον τὸν ἄνθρωπον εὐθὺσ εὐπορεῖ λόγων περὶ ἀρετῆσ καὶ περὶ οἱο͂ν χρὴ εἶναι τὸν ἄνδρα τὸν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἃ ἐπιτηδεύειν, καὶ ἐπιχειρεῖ παιδεύειν. (Plato, Parmenides, Philebus, Symposium, Phaedrus, 412:2)
  • καθόλου γὰρ πάντων τὴν χρείαν αὐτὴν διδάσκαλον γενέσθαι τοῖσ ἀνθρώποισ, ὑφηγουμένην οἰκείωσ τὴν ἑκάστου μάθησιν εὐφυεῖ ζῴῳ καὶ συνεργοὺσ ἔχοντι πρὸσ ἅπαντα χεῖρασ καὶ λόγον καὶ ψυχῆσ ἀγχίνοιαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 1, chapter 8 9:1)
  • ὁμοίωσ δὲ καὶ τῶν τεχνῶν τὰσ εὑρέσεισ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων τῶν πρὸσ βίον χρησίμων ἐκ τοῦ κατ’ ὀλίγον γενέσθαι, τῆσ χρείασ αὐτῆσ ὑφηγουμένησ εὐφυεῖ ζῴῳ καὶ συνεργοὺσ ἔχοντι πρὸσ ἅπαντα χεῖρασ καὶ λόγον καὶ ψυχῆσ ἀγχίνοιαν. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 38 2:2)
  • ἡ μὲν οὖν Σιδὼν ἐπὶ εὐφυεῖ λιμένι τῆσ ἠπείρου τὴν ἵδρυσιν ἔχει. (Strabo, Geography, book 16, chapter 2 44:9)

Synonyms

  1. well-grown

  2. of good natural disposition

  3. naturally suited or adapted

  4. of good natural parts

Related

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

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