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εὐμαθής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐμαθής εὐμαθές

Structure: εὐμαθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: manqa/nw

Sense

  1. ready or quick at learning
  2. easy to learn or discern, intelligible, well-known

Examples

  • συνέσει μὲν γὰρ καὶ ἀγχινοίᾳ καὶ δριμύτητι πάμπολυ τῶν ἄλλων διέφερεν, καὶ τό τε περίεργον καὶ εὐμαθὲσ καὶ μνημονικὸν καὶ πρὸσ τὰ μαθήματα εὐφυέσ, πάντα ταῦτα εἰσ ὑπερβολὴν ἑκασταχοῦ ὑπῆρχεν αὐτῷ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 4:2)
  • ὦ φθέγμ’ Ἀθάνασ, φιλτάτησ ἐμοὶ θεῶν, ὡσ εὐμαθέσ σου, κἂν ἄποπτοσ ᾖσ ὅμωσ, φώνημ’ ἀκούω καὶ ξυναρπάζω φρενὶ χαλκοστόμου κώδωνοσ ὡσ Τυρσηνικῆσ. (Sophocles, Ajax, episode 1:6)
  • καὶ τῶνδ’ ἀποίσεισ σῆμ’, ὃ κεῖνοσ εὐμαθὲσ σφραγῖδοσ ἑρ́κει τῷδ’ ἐπὸν μαθήσεται. (Sophocles, Trachiniae, episode 2:4)
  • τούτοισ ἀμείβου πᾶσιν εὐμαθέσ τί μοι. (Aeschylus, Eumenides, episode 1:4)

Synonyms

  1. ready or quick at learning

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

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