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εὔπρηστος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔπρηστος εὔπρηστον

Structure: εὐπρηστ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: prh/qw

Sense

  1. well-blowing, strong-blowing

Examples

  • φῦσαι δ’ ἐν χοάνοισιν ἐείκοσι πᾶσαι ἐφύσων παντοίην εὔπρηστον ἀϋτμὴν ἐξανιεῖσαι, ἄλλοτε μὲν σπεύδοντι παρέμμεναι, ἄλλοτε δ’ αὖτε, ὅππωσ Ἥφαιστόσ τ’ ἐθέλοι καὶ ἔργον ἄνοιτο. (Homer, Iliad, Book 18 43:3)

Synonyms

  1. well-blowing

Similar forms

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

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