Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐήρετμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐήρετμος εὐήρετμον

Structure: εὐηρετμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: e)retmo/s

Sense

  1. well fitted to the oar
  2. well-rowed

Examples

  • οἱ δ’ οὐκ ἀκόσμωσ, ἀλλὰ πειθάρχῳ φρενὶ δεῖπνόν τ’ ἐπορσύνοντο, ναυβάτησ τ’ ἀνὴρ τροποῦτο κώπην σκαλμὸν ἀμφ’ εὐήρετμον. (Aeschylus, Persians, episode 2:7)

Synonyms

  1. well fitted to the oar

  2. well-rowed

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

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