Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔπεπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔπεπτος εὔπεπτον

Structure: εὐπεπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: pe/ssw

Sense

  1. easy of digestion

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ παρ’ ἰατροῦ πυνθάνεσθαι τί δύσπεπτον ἢ εὔπεπτον αὐτῷ καὶ τί δυσκοίλιον ἢ εὐκοίλιον οὐχ ἧττον αἰσχρόν ἐστιν ἢ τὸ πυνθάνεσθαι τί γλυκὺ καὶ τί πικρὸν καὶ αὐστηρόν. (Plutarch, De tuenda sanitate praecepta, chapter, section 26 6:1)
  • οὐ γὰρ εὔπεπτον οὐδὲ προσηνὲσ ἐσ γεῦσιν. (Aretaeus, The Extant Works of Aretaeus, The Cappadocian., ARETAIOU KAPPADOKOU OCEWN NOUSWN QERAPEUTIKON, 102)

Synonyms

  1. easy of digestion

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION