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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

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐφυής εύ̓φυες
Genitive εὐφυούς εὐφύους
Dative εὐφυεί εὐφύει
Accusative εὐφυή εύ̓φυες
Vocative εὐφυές εύ̓φυες
DualN/A/V εὐφυεί εὐφύει
G/D εὐφυοίν εὐφύοιν
PluralNominative εὐφυείς εὐφύη
Genitive εὐφυών εὐφύων
Dative εὐφυέσιν* εὐφύεσιν*
Accusative εὐφυείς εὐφύη
Vocative εὐφυείς εὐφύη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐφυής εὐφυούς εὐφυέστερος εὐφυεστέρου εὐφυέστατος εὐφυεστάτου
Adverb εὐφυέως εὐφυέστερον εὐφυέστατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἦν δὲ εὐφυέστατοσ καὶ πλείουσ ἀποφάσεισ αὐτοῦ μνημονεύονται, ἔτυχεν δ’ οὖν ποτε ἐν Δελφοῖσ ἐπιδημοῦντοσ Φιλίππου παρεῖναι καὶ τὸν Ἀρκαδίωνα· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 6, book 6, chapter 55 2:1)
  • ὅμωσ δὲ θάρσοσ τι τῷ Ἀρχελάῳ παρεῖχεν ὁ πρὸσ Ὀρχομενῷ τόποσ, ἐν ᾧ κατεστρατοπέδευσαν, εὐφυέστατοσ ὢν ἱπποκρατοῦσιν ἐναγωνίσασθαι. (Plutarch, Sulla, chapter 20 3:2)
  • οὐ γὰρ ὁ αὐτὸσ εὐφυέστατοσ πρὸσ ἁπάσασ, ὥστε τὴν μὲν ἤδη τὴν δ’ οὔπω εἰληφὼσ ἔσται· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 6 108:3)
  • οἶμαι μὲν οὔ, ἀλλὰ ὅτου ἔτυχεν ὁ ὑὸσ εὐφυέστατοσ γενόμενοσ εἰσ αὔλησιν, οὗτοσ ἂν ἐλλόγιμοσ ηὐξήθη, ὅτου δὲ ἀφυήσ, ἀκλεήσ· (Plato, Euthydemus, Protagoras, Gorgias, Meno, 145:2)
  • εὐφυέστατοσ δὲ γενόμενοσ Τενάγησ ὑπὸ τῶν ἀδελφῶν διὰ φθόνον ἀνῃρέθη· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 5, chapter 57 2:1)
  • " πρὸσ τὸν συνιστάντα τὸν παῖδα καὶ λέγοντα ὡσ εὐφυέστατόσ ἐστι καὶ τὰ ἤθη κράτιστοσ, "τί οὖν," εἶπεν, "ἐμοῦ χρῄζει; (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 45:3)

Synonyms

  1. well-grown

  2. of good natural disposition

  3. naturally suited or adapted

  4. of good natural parts

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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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