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

  • καὶ παραδώσω σε εἰσ χεῖρασ τῶν ζητούντων τὴν ψυχήν σου, ὧν σὺ εὐλαβῇ ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτῶν, εἰσ χεῖρασ τῶν Χαλδαίων. (Septuagint, Liber Ieremiae 22:25)
  • ποτήρια δὲ ἔκειτο παντοῖα ἐπὶ τῆσ δελφίδοσ ^ τραπέζησ, ὁ κρυψιμέτωποσ καὶ τρυήλησ ^ Μεντορουργὴσ εὐλαβῆ ἔχων τὴν κέρκον καὶ βομβυλιὸσ καὶ δειροκύπελλον καὶ γηγενῆ πολλὰ οἱᾶ Θηρικλῆσ ὤπτα, εὐρυχαδῆ τε καὶ ἄλλα εὔστομα, τὰ μὲν Φωκαῆθεν, τὰ δὲ Κνιδόθεν, πάντα μέντοι ἀνεμοφόρητα καὶ ὑμενόστρακα. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 7:1)
  • ἔτι τοίνυν ἐν τοῖσ συγγράμμασι κατιδεῖν ἔστι τὸν μὲν ἐμμελῶσ καὶ ἀνεπαχθῶσ τῶν εἰσ αὑτὸν ἀπτόμενον ἐγκωμίων, ὅτε τούτου δεήσαι πρὸσ ἕτερόν τι μεῖζον, τἆλλα δ’ εὐλαβῆ καὶ μέτριον· (Plutarch, Comparison of Demosthenes with Cicero, chapter 2 1:1)
  • ληπτέον δὲ καὶ τὰ σύνεγγυσ τοῖσ ὑπάρχουσιν ὡσ ταὐτὰ ὄντα καὶ πρὸσ ἔπαινον καὶ πρὸσ ψόγον, οἱο͂ν τὸν εὐλαβῆ ψυχρὸν καὶ ἐπίβουλον καὶ τὸν ἠλίθιον χρηστὸν ἢ τὸν ἀνάλγητον πρᾶον, καὶ ἕκαστον δ’ ἐκ τῶν παρακολουθούντων ἀεὶ κατὰ τὸ βέλτιστον, οἱο͂ν τὸν ὀργίλον καὶ τὸν μανικὸν ἁπλοῦν καὶ τὸν αὐθάδη μεγαλοπρεπῆ καὶ σεμνόν, καὶ τοὺσ ἐν ταῖσ ὑπερβολαῖσ ὡσ ἐν ταῖσ ἀρεταῖσ ὄντασ, οἱο͂ν τὸν θρασὺν ἀνδρεῖον καὶ τὸν ἄσωτον ἐλευθέριον· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 9 28:1)
  • τίνα δ’ οὗτοι μὲν ἄτολμον καὶ δειλὸν πρὸσ τοὺσ ὄχλουσ φασὶν εἶναι, ἐγὼ δ’ εὐλαβῆ; (Demosthenes, Speeches 11-20, 271:5)

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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