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

  • συνέσει μὲν γὰρ καὶ ἀγχινοίᾳ καὶ δριμύτητι πάμπολυ τῶν ἄλλων διέφερεν, καὶ τό τε περίεργον καὶ εὐμαθὲσ καὶ μνημονικὸν καὶ πρὸσ τὰ μαθήματα εὐφυέσ, πάντα ταῦτα εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν ἑκασταχοῦ ὑπῆρχεν αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 4:2)
  • ἡμᾶσ εὐφυὲσ ἔχοντι τὴν φιλαυτίαν, δι’ ἣν αὐτὸσ αὑτοῦ κόλαξ ἕκαστοσ ὢν πρῶτοσ καὶ μέγιστοσ οὐ χαλεπῶσ προσίεται τὸν ἔξωθεν ὧν οἰέται καὶ βούλεται. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 1 3:1)
  • καὶ τὸ ἰατρικὸν πρὸσ ἰατρικήν τὸ μὲν γὰρ τῷ ἔχειν ἰατρικὴν λέγεται ἰατρικὸν τὸ δὲ τῷ εὐφυὲσ εἶναι πρὸσ αὐτὴν τὸ δὲ τῷ ἔργον εἶναι τῆσ ἰατρικῆσ, ὁμοιοτρόπωσ δὲ καὶ ἄλλα ληψόμεθα λεγόμενα τούτοισ, οὕτω δὲ καὶ τὸ ὂν λέγεται πολλαχῶσ μὲν ἀλλ’ ἅπαν πρὸσ μίαν ἀρχήν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 4 9:1)
  • τρίτον δ’ ἔχειν ἴδιον οὗτοσ ὁ τόποσ ἐδόκει τὸ πρὸσ τὴν πρᾶξιν εὐφυέσ· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 9:2)
  • καὶ γάρ τι πεδίον ἐντὸσ ἐφαίνετο εὐφυὲσ ἐσ μάχην, ἐν ᾧ τοὺσ ἐνόπλουσ ἔστησαν οἱ Καρχηδόνιοι κατὰ μετώπου, τοὺσ δ’ ἀνόπλουσ αὐτοῖσ ἐπέταξαν σὺν λίθοισ ὀπίσω καὶ ξύλοισ, ἑτέρουσ τε πολλοὺσ διαθέντεσ ἐπὶ τῶν περικειμένων οἰκιῶν ἀνέμενον τοὺσ ἐπερχομένουσ ἐσδραμεῖν. (Appian, The Foreign Wars, chapter 14 4:6)

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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