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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

Examples

  • τούτου δὲ τοῦ οἴκου τὸ κάλλοσ οὐ κατὰ βαρβαρικούσ τινασ ὀφθαλμοὺσ οὐδὲ κατὰ Περσικὴν ἀλαζονείαν ἢ βασιλικὴν μεγαλαυχίαν οὐδὲ πένητοσ μόνον, ἀλλὰ εὐφυοῦσ θεατοῦ δεόμενον καὶ ὅτῳ μὴ ἐν τῇ ὄψει ἡ κρίσισ, ἀλλά τισ καὶ λογισμὸσ ἐπακολουθεῖ τοῖσ βλεπομένοισ Τὸ γὰρ τῆσ τε ἡμέρασ πρὸσ τὸ κάλλιστον ἀποβλέπειν ‐ κάλλιστον δὴ αὐτῆσ καὶ ποθεινότατον ἡ ἀρχὴ ‐ καὶ τὸν ἥλιον ὑπερκύψαντα εὐθὺσ ὑποδέχεσθαι καὶ τοῦ φωτὸσ ἐμπίπλασθαι ἐσ κόρον ἀναπεπταμένων τῶν θυρῶν [καθ’ ὃ καὶ τὰ ἱερὰ βλέποντα ἐποίουν οἱ παλαιοί],2 καὶ τὸ τοῦ μήκουσ πρὸσ τὸ πλάτοσ καὶ ἀμφοῖν πρὸσ τὸ ὕψοσ εὔρυθμον καὶ τῶν φωταγωγῶν τὸ ἐλεύθερον καὶ πρὸσ ὡρ́αν ἑκάστην εὖ ἔχον, πῶσ οὐχ ἡδέα ταῦτα πάντα καὶ ἐπαίνων ἄξια; (Lucian, De Domo, (no name) 6:1)
  • δοκεῖ μοι ἀνδρὸσ εὐφυοῦσ ψυχὴ μάλα σκοπῷ τινι ἁπαλῷ προσεοικέναι. (Lucian, Nigrinus, Nigrinou Fiaosofia 36:1)
  • "ἔρωσ γὰρ εὐφυοῦσ καὶ νέασ ψυχῆσ ἁψάμενοσ εἰσ ἀρετὴν διὰ φιλίασ τελευτᾷ· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 4 2:6)
  • "εὐφυοῦσ δ’ ἐραστοῦ καὶ σώφρονοσ ἄλλοσ τρόποσ· (Plutarch, Amatorius, section 20 2:8)
  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἔστι μὲν ἐρᾶν εὐφυοῦσ πρὸσ ἀρετὴν καὶ γενναίου παιδὸσ ἔστι δὲ φαύλου καὶ ἀκολάστου, συμβαίνει δὲ θυμῷ χρῆσθαι μὲν ἀλόγωσ πρὸσ παῖδασ αὑτοῦ καὶ γονεῖσ χρῆσθαι δ’ ὑπὲρ γονέων καὶ παίδων δικαίωσ πρὸσ πολεμίουσ καὶ τυράννουσ· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 82)

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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