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εὐπαράγωγος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐπαράγωγος εὐπαράγωγον

Structure: εὐπαραγωγ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: para/gw

Sense

  1. easy to lead astray

Examples

  • Ἐπὴν δὲ τριταῖοσ γένηται, ἑβδομαῖοσ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆσ πρώτησ ἐπιδέσιοσ, ἢν ὀρθῶσ ἐπιδέηται, τὸ μὲν οἴδημα ἐν ἄκρῃ τῇ χειρὶ ἔσται, οὐδὲ τοῦτο λίην μέγα‧ τὸ δ’ ἐπιδεόμενον χωρίον ἐν πάσῃσι τῇσιν ἐπιδέσεσιν ἐπὶ τὸ λεπτότερον καὶ ἰσχνότερον εὑρεθήσεται, ἐν δὲ τῇ ἑβδόμῃ καὶ πάνυ λεπτὸν, καὶ τὰ ὀστέα τὰ κατεηγότα ἐπὶ μᾶλλον κινεύμενα καὶ εὐπαράγωγα ἐσ κατόρθωσιν. (Hippocrates, Oeuvres Completes D'Hippocrate., , 6.1)

Synonyms

  1. easy to lead astray

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

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