Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐπετής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐπετής εὐπετές

Structure: εὐπετη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: pi/ptw

Sense

  1. falling well;, favourable
  2. easy, without trouble, easily, easily, full
  3. easy-tempered, accommodating

Examples

  • πάντα δ’ εὐπετῆ θεοῖσ. (Euripides, Phoenissae, choral, epode4)
  • εὐπετῆ τάδε. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, trochees14)
  • καὶ καὶ ὅσα ἀνώμαλα αὐτοῦ ἐσ ἱππασίαν, ταῦτα δὲ ἐκ πολλοῦ οἱ Πέρσαι τοῖσ τε ἁρ́μασιν ἐπελαύνειν εὐπετῆ πεποιήκεσαν καὶ τῇ ἵππῳ ἱππάσιμα. (Arrian, Anabasis, book 3, chapter 8 7:2)
  • πλείουσ γὰρ καὶ μείζουσ ποιεῖ τὰσ ἀναχύσεισ, πολλάκισ καὶ ἐπὶ ὀκτὼ σταδίουσ ἀναπλεομένασ, ὥστε τρόπον τινὰ πᾶσαν πλωτὴν παρέχεται τὴν γῆν καὶ εὐπετῆ πρόσ τε τὰσ ἐξαγωγὰσ τῶν φορτίων καὶ τὰσ εἰσαγωγάσ. (Strabo, Geography, book 3, chapter 2 8:13)

Synonyms

  1. falling well

  2. easy

  3. easy-tempered

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

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