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εὔκολος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔκολος εὔκολον

Structure: εὐκολ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: ko/lon

Sense

  1. easily satisfied, contented with one's food
  2. easily satisfied, contented, good-natured, peaceable, friendly, at peace with, tranquilly, calmly
  3. willing, agile
  4. easily led, prone
  5. easy

Examples

  • ἦν δὲ περὶ τὰσ τροφοὺσ ἐπιμέλειά τισ μετὰ τέχνησ, ὥστ’ ἄνευ σπαργάνων ἐκτρεφούσασ τὰ βρέφη τοῖσ μέλεσι καὶ τοῖσ εἴδεσιν ἐλευθέρια ποιεῖν, ἔτι δὲ εὔκολα ταῖσ διαίταισ καὶ ἄσικχα καὶ ἀθαμβῆ σκότου καὶ πρὸσ ἐρημίαν ἄφοβα καὶ ἄπειρα δυσκολίασ ἀγεννοῦσ καὶ κλαυθμυρισμῶν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 16 3:1)
  • μὴ ἄρα καὶ τὸ φεύγειν καὶ τὸ πένεσθαι καὶ γῆρασ δὴ καὶ νόσοσ καὶ πάντα τὰ τοιαῦτα τοῖσ μὲν βαρέα φαίνεται καὶ χαλεπά, τοῖσ δ’ ἐλαφρά τε καὶ εὔκολα· (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 3:1)
  • καὶ τὸ ἀπὸ τούτου πάντ’ ἦν εὔκολα εἰσ μέσον χειμῶνα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 13:3)

Synonyms

  1. easily led

  2. easy

Related

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

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