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εὐήθης

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐήθης εὐήθες

Structure: εὐηθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: h)=qos

Sense

  1. good-hearted, open-hearted, simpleminded, guileless
  2. simple, silly, a simpleton

Declension

Third declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐήθης εύ̓ηθες
Genitive εὐήθους εὐήθους
Dative εὐήθει εὐήθει
Accusative εὐήθη εύ̓ηθες
Vocative εὐῆθες εύ̓ηθες
DualN/A/V εὐήθει εὐήθει
G/D εὐήθοιν εὐήθοιν
PluralNominative εὐήθεις εὐήθη
Genitive εὐήθων εὐήθων
Dative εὐήθεσιν* εὐήθεσιν*
Accusative εὐήθεις εὐήθη
Vocative εὐήθεις εὐήθη
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐήθης εὐήθους εὐηθέστερος εὐηθεστέρου εὐηθέστατος εὐηθεστάτου
Adverb εὐηθέως εὐηθέστερον εὐηθέστατα

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

  • ἐντεῦθεν οὖν ἀρξώμεθα τῆσ διηγήσεωσ, τοῖσ προειρημένοισ τοσοῦτον ἐπιζεύξαντεσ. εὔηθεσ γὰρ τὸ μὲν πρὸ τῆσ ἱστορίασ πλεονάζειν, τὴν δὲ ἱστορίαν ἐπιτεμεῖν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 2:32)
  • ἀλλ’ εὐήθεσ εἶναι ὑπολαμβάνω· (Hyperides, Speeches, <[E)pita/fios]> 7:1)
  • εὐήθεσ δέ τοι τὸ καὶ δοκεῖν ὄρνιθασ ὠφελεῖν βροτούσ. (Euripides, Helen, episode, dialogue 1:5)
  • καὶ τὸ εὐήθεσ, οὗ τὸ γενναῖον πλεῖστον μετέχει, καταγελασθὲν ἠφανίσθη· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, , chapter 33 2:1)
  • "τὸ γὰρ ἐν τῷ εἶναι τὸ μηδέπω γεγονὸσ ἢ πεπαυμένον ἤδη τοῦ εἶναι λέγειν ὡσ ἔστιν, εὐήθεσ καὶ ἄτοπον. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 195)

Synonyms

  1. simple

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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