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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

  • οὐ μὴν ἐμίσησεν, ἀλλ’ ἐπειρᾶτο πραύ̈νειν καὶ νουθετεῖν, καὶ πρὸσ αὐτὸν ἔλεγε καὶ πρὸσ ἑτέρουσ ὡσ εἴ τισ ἐξέλοι τὸ φιλόπρωτον αὐτοῦ τῆσ ψυχῆσ καὶ τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν ἰάσαιτο τῆσ τυραννίδοσ, οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλοσ εὐφυέστεροσ πρὸσ ἀρετὴν οὐδὲ βελτίων πολίτησ. (Plutarch, , chapter 29 3:4)
  • ἦν γὰρ ὁ μὲν πρὸσ πολιτείαν ὁ δὲ πρὸσ πόλεμον εὐφυέστεροσ. (Plutarch, Praecepta gerendae reipublicae, chapter, section 15 31:2)
  • εὐφυέστεροσ δ’ ὢν τοῦ διδασκάλου τόν τε κεραμευτικὸν τροχὸν εὑρ͂ε καὶ σιαγόνι περιτυχὼν ὄφεωσ, καὶ ταύτῃ ξυλήφιον μικρὸν διαπρίσασ, ἐμιμήσατο τὴν τραχύτητα τῶν ὀδόντων· (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 4, chapter 76 5:1)

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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