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εὐήρυτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐήρυτος εὐήρυτον

Structure: εὐηρυτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)ru/w

Sense

  1. easy to draw out

Examples

  • τὴν δὲ ἴδον Κελεοῖο Ἐλευσινίδαο θύγατρεσ ἐρχόμεναι μεθ’ ὕδωρ εὐήρυτον, ὄφρα φέροιεν κάλπισι χαλκείῃσι φίλα πρὸσ δώματα πατρόσ, τέσσαρεσ, ὥστε θεαί, κουρήιον ἄνθοσ ἔχουσαι, Καλλιδίκη καὶ Κλεισιδίκη Δημώ τ’ ἐρόεσσα Καλλιθόη θ’, ἣ τῶν προγενεστάτη ἠε͂ν ἁπασῶν· (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 12:7)

Synonyms

  1. easy to draw out

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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