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

  • καὶ ὅστισ μὲν ἐκεῖνον κατ̓ ἐπιτυχίην συλλάβοι, τοῦτον μὲν εὐπετέωσ περιβάλλειν καὶ τὸ ἄλλο σμῆνοσ τῶν μαργαριτέων· (Arrian, Indica, chapter 8 12:1)
  • ἐπεὰν γὰρ ὁμοῦ ἔλθῃ ἐλέφαντι, ἐπιπηδᾶν τε ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ ἐλέφαντοσ καὶ ἄγχειν εὐπετέωσ. (Arrian, Indica, chapter 15 3:1)
  • ὑπ’ ἄλλου δὲ εὑρημένα καὶ λεγόμενα, εὐπετέσ. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , ii.9)
  • Καὶ εἰ μὲν ἦν ἁπλοῦν, ὥσπερ ὑφήγητο, ὅσα μὲν ἦν ἰσχυρότερα, ἔβλαπτεν, ὅσα δ’ ἦν ἀσθενέστερα, ὠφέλει τε καὶ ἔτρεφεν καὶ τὸν κάμνοντα καὶ τὸν ὑγιαίνοντα, εὐπετὲσ ἂν ἦν τὸ πρῆγμα· (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , ix.1)
  • πᾶσ δ’ ἐν μετοίκῳ γλῶσσαν εὔτυκον φέρει κακήν, τό τ’ εἰπεῖν εὐπετὲσ μύσαγμά πωσ. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, episode, trochees6)
  • ἦν δὲ αὐτοῖσ οὐκ εὐπετὴσ ἡ πρὸσ τὸν χάρακα ἀναχώρησισ καθ’ ὑψηλοῦ τε χωρίου καὶ διὰ κοίλησ ὁδοῦ διωκομένοισ, καὶ πολὺσ αὐτῶν φόνοσ ἐν ταύτῃ γίνεται τῇ τροπῇ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, book 2, chapter 43 6:1)
  • ὁ δέ γε φιλόσοφοσ, τῇ τοῦ ὄντοσ ἀεὶ διὰ λογισμῶν προσκείμενοσ ἰδέᾳ, διὰ τὸ λαμπρὸν αὖ τῆσ χώρασ οὐδαμῶσ εὐπετὴσ ὀφθῆναι· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 228:5)

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.

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION