Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐήτριος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐήτριος εὐήτριη εὐήτριον

Structure: εὐητρι (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: h)/trion

Sense

  1. with good thread, well-woven
  2. well-weaving

Examples

  • τοῦτο γὰρ ἓν καὶ ὅλον ἐστὶ βασιλικῆσ συνυφάνσεωσ ἔργον, μηδέποτε ἐᾶν ἀφίστασθαι σώφρονα ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνδρείων ἤθη, συγκερκίζοντα δὲ ὁμοδοξίαισ καὶ τιμαῖσ καὶ ἀτιμίαισ καὶ δόξαισ καὶ ὁμηρειῶν ἐκδόσεσιν εἰσ ἀλλήλουσ, λεῖον καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον εὐήτριον ὕφασμα συνάγοντα ἐξ αὐτῶν, τὰσ ἐν ταῖσ πόλεσιν ἀρχὰσ ἀεὶ κοινῇ τούτοισ ἐπιτρέπειν. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 323:3)

Synonyms

  1. with good thread

  2. well-weaving

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

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