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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

  • νομίσασ δὲ ὁ Μενέλαοσ εἰληφέναι καιρὸν εὐφυῆ, χρυσώματά τινα τῶν τοῦ ἱεροῦ νοσφισάμενοσ ἐχαρίσατο τῷ Ἀνδρονίκῳ καὶ ἕτερα ἐτύγχανε πεπρακὼσ εἴσ τε Τύρον καὶ τὰσ κύκλῳ πόλεισ. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 4:32)
  • τὸν οἰκονομεῖν μέλλοντά τι κατὰ τρόπον τῶν τε τόπων, περὶ οὓσ ἂν πραγματεύηται, μὴ ἀπείρωσ ἔχειν, καὶ τῇ φύσει εὐφυῆ εἶναι καὶ τῇ προαιρέσει φιλόπονόν τε καὶ δίκαιον· (Aristotle, Economics, Book 2 3:1)
  • ἴδεσθε τὰν Ἰλίου καὶ Φρυγῶν ἑλέπτολιν στείχουσαν, ἐπὶ κάρα στέφη βαλουμέναν χερνίβων τε παγάσ, βωμόν γε δαίμονοσ θεᾶσ ῥανίσιν αἱματορρύτοισ χρανοῦσαν εὐφυῆ τε σώματοσ δέρην σφαγεῖσαν. (Euripides, Iphigenia in Aulis, episode, lyric9)
  • φῆσαι γὰρ αὐτὸν εὐφυῆ καὶ φιλέταιρον καὶ ἐπιδέξιον· (Theophrastus, Characters, 4:1)
  • Λίθων μὲν ὦν εὐφυῆ γένναν ἐσ ἄγονον τρέψαι, ἀδύνατον. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU XRONIWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 19)

Synonyms

  1. well-grown

  2. of good natural disposition

  3. naturally suited or adapted

  4. of good natural parts

Related

Similar forms

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

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