Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐόφθαλμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐόφθαλμος εὐόφθαλμον

Structure: εὐοφθαλμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. with beautiful eyes, keen-eyes

Examples

  • "διὰ ταύτην δὲ τὴν αἰτίαν πολλὰ μὲν ἐξευρεθῆναι βρωμάτων εἴδη, πολλὰ δὲ πεμμάτων, πολλὰ δὲ θυμιαμάτων καὶ μύρων, πολλὰ δὲ ἱματίων καὶ στρωμάτων καὶ ποτηρίων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων σκευῶν πάντα γὰρ δὴ ταῦτα συμβάλλεσθαί τινασ ἡδονάσ, ὅταν ᾖ ἡ ὑποκειμένη ὕλη τῶν θαυμαζομένων ὑπὸ τῆσ ἀνθρωπίνησ φύσεωσ ι ὃ δὴ πεπονθέναι δοκεῖ ὅ τε χρυσὸσ καὶ ἄργυροσ καὶ τὰ πολλὰ τῶν εὐοφθάλμων τε καὶ σπανίων, ὅσα καὶ κατὰ τὰσ ἀπεργαζομένασ τέχνασ διηκριβωμένα φαίνεται. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 64 1:7)

Synonyms

  1. with beautiful eyes

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

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