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εὐθήρατος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐθήρατος εὐθήρατον

Structure: εὐθηρατ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. easy to catch or win

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐθήρατος εὐθήρατον
Genitive εὐθηράτου εὐθηράτου
Dative εὐθηράτῳ εὐθηράτῳ
Accusative εὐθήρατον εὐθήρατον
Vocative εὐθήρατε εὐθήρατον
DualN/A/V εὐθηράτω εὐθηράτω
G/D εὐθηράτοιν εὐθηράτοιν
PluralNominative εὐθήρατοι εὐθήρατα
Genitive εὐθηράτων εὐθηράτων
Dative εὐθηράτοις εὐθηράτοις
Accusative εὐθηράτους εὐθήρατα
Vocative εὐθήρατοι εὐθήρατα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐθήρατος εὐθηράτου εὐθηρατότερος εὐθηρατοτέρου εὐθηρατότατος εὐθηρατοτάτου
Adverb εὐθηράτως εὐθηρατότερον εὐθηρατότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Διὸσ ἵμεροσ οὐκ εὐθήρατοσ ἐτύχθη. (Aeschylus, Suppliant Women, choral, strophe 42)
  • γελοῖον δὲ τὸ αἰτιᾶσθαι τὰ ἐκτόσ, ἀλλὰ μὴ αὑτὸν εὐθήρατον ὄντα ὑπὸ τῶν τοιούτων, καὶ τῶν μὲν καλῶν ἑαυτόν, τῶν δ’ αἰσχρῶν τὰ ἡδέα. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 3 15:3)
  • μικρὸσ Ἔρωσ ἐκ μητρὸσ ἔτ’ εὐθήρατοσ ἀποπτάσ, ἐξ οἴκων ὑψοῦ Δάμιδοσ οὐ πέτομαι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 12, chapter 1051)
  • ὢν δὲ μέγασ οὗτοσ καὶ δυσέφικτοσ ὁ στέφανοσ εὐθήρατοσ ἦν κατ’ ἐκεῖνον τὸν καιρὸν ἐν τῇ Ῥώμῃ διὰ τὴν ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ὁρμὴν τῶν πλείστων. (Polybius, Histories, book 31, chapter 25 3:1)

Synonyms

  1. easy to catch or win

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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