Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔληπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔληπτος εὔληπτον

Structure: εὐληπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. easily taken hold of, so that one can easily take hold
  2. easy to be taken or reduced, easy to gain or obtain

Examples

  • καὶ τοῦτο μάλιστα τοῖσ κόλαξιν εὐλήπτουσ καὶ πλαγίουσ παραδίδωσιν , ἀπὸ τῶν σφόδρα προσάντων καὶ ἀντιτύπων ὥσπερ ἐπὶ τὰ κοῖλα καὶ μαλακὰ δίκην ὕδατοσ ἀπολισθάνοντασ. (Plutarch, Quomodo adulator ab amico internoscatur, chapter, section 25 8:2)

Synonyms

  1. easily taken 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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