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εὐήλατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐήλατος εὐήλατον

Structure: εὐηλατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)lau/nw

Sense

  1. easy to drive or ride over, fit for cavalry

Examples

  • ἀλλὰ τὰσ ἐλάφουσ, ἔνθα τὰ πεδία εὐήλατα, ἐν μὲν Μυσοῖσ καὶ ἐν Γέταισ καὶ ἐν Σκυθίᾳ καὶ ἀνὰ τὴν Ἰλλυρίδα, ἀφ̓ ἵππων τῶν Σκυθικῶν καὶ Ἰλλυρικῶν διώκουσιν· (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 23 2:1)
  • ταχὺ γὰρ πρὸσ ἄναντεσ εὐήλατον ἁλίσκονται πεζοὶ ὑφ’ ἱππέων. (Xenophon, Hellenica, , chapter 4 63:4)
  • ὅπωσ οὖν ἀσφαλῶσ θηρῴη, ἱππέασ τε προσέλαβε πολλοὺσ καὶ πελταστάσ, οἵτινεσ ἔμελλον αὐτῷ ἐκ τῶν λασίων τὰ θηρία ἐξελᾶν ἐσ τὰ ἐργάσιμά τε καὶ εὐήλατα. (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 4 22:3)

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

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