Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔγραμμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔγραμμος εὔγραμμον

Structure: εὐγραμμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: grammh/

Sense

  1. well-drawn, fine lines

Examples

  • αἱ δὲ μετ’ ἐκείνασ εὔγραμμοι μὲν ἧττον, ἐξειργασμέναι δὲ μᾶλλον, σκιᾷ τε καὶ φωτὶ ποικιλλόμεναι καὶ ἐν τῷ πλήθει τῶν μιγμάτων τὴν ἰσχὺν ἔχουσαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 43)
  • εὐκόρυφοι δὴ φαίνονται καὶ εὔγραμμοι διὰ τοῦτο καὶ εἰσ ἕδραν ἀσφαλῆ τελευτῶσι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 40 3:5)

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

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