Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐλαβής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐλαβής εὐλαβές

Structure: εὐλαβη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: labei=n

Sense

  1. taking hold well, holding fast: - , undertaking prudently, discreet, cautions, circumspect
  2. over-cautious
  3. reverent, pious, religious, devout
  4. easy to get hold of

Examples

  • δεῖ δὲ τὰ αἰσχρὰ φεύγειν καὶ αἰδεῖσθαι, τὸ δὲ πρὸσ πᾶσαν ἀδοξίαν εὐλαβὲσ ἐπιεικοῦσ μὲν ἤθουσ καὶ ἁπαλοῦ, μέγεθοσ δὲ οὐκ ἔχοντοσ. (Plutarch, Comparison of Timoleon and Aemilius, chapter 2 6:2)
  • ἦν δὲ καὶ φιλότιμοσ μὲν καὶ μεγαλόφρων ὁ Κλεομένησ καὶ πρὸσ ἐγκράτειαν καὶ ἀφέλειαν οὐχ ἧττον τοῦ Ἄγιδοσ εὖ πεφυκώσ, τὸ δὲ εὐλαβὲσ ἄγαν ἐκεῖνο καὶ πρᾶον οὐκ εἶχεν, ἀλλὰ κέντρον τι θυμοῦ τῇ φύσει προσέκειτο καὶ μετὰ σφοδρότητοσ ὁρμὴ πρὸσ τὸ φαινόμενον ἀεὶ καλόν, ἐφαίνετο δὲ κάλλιστον μὲν αὐτῷ κρατεῖν ἑκόντων, καλὸν δὲ καὶ μὴ πειθομένων περιεῖναι πρὸσ τὸ βέλτιον ἐκβιαζόμενον. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 1 3:1)
  • "τὸ ἦθοσ, ὦ ξένε, τὸ τούτου, σιωπηλὸν καὶ πρὸσ τοὺσ λόγουσ εὐλαβέσ, ἄπληστον δὲ τοῦ μανθάνειν καὶ ἀκροᾶσθαι · (Plutarch, De genio Socratis, section 23 2:2)
  • τὰ δ’ ἀνδρεῖά γε αὖ πρὸσ μὲν τὸ δίκαιον καὶ εὐλαβὲσ ἐκείνων ἐπιδεέστερα, τὸ δὲ ἐν ταῖσ πράξεσι ἰταμὸν διαφερόντωσ ἴσχει. (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 326:1)
  • ἐναντίον γάρ πωσ δοκεῖ τῷ θαρραλέῳ τὸ εὐλαβέσ, τὰ δ’ ἐναντία οὐδαμῶσ συνυπάρχει. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. over-cautious

  2. reverent

  3. easy to get hold of

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

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