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εὔθηρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔθηρος εὔθηρον

Structure: εὐθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: qh/ra

Sense

  1. lucky or successful in the chase, successful sport, unerring
  2. abounding in game, good for hunting

Examples

  • "νυμφῶν ὑπὸ σπήλυγγα τόνδ’ αὐτόστεγον σύαγρον ἐκβόλειον εὔθηρον κυσίν, ὁπλάσ τ’ ἀπαρχὰσ ἀκροθινιάζομαι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 64 1:9)
  • ὑπὲρ αὐτοῦ δ’ ἡ Πριήνη καὶ Μυκάλη τὸ ὄροσ εὔθηρον καὶ εὔδενδρον. (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 18:2)
  • μεταξὺ δὲ τῶν Ἐρυθρῶν καὶ τοῦ Ὑποκρήμνου Μίμασ ἐστὶν ὄροσ ὑψηλὸν εὔθηρον πολύδενδρον· (Strabo, Geography, Book 14, chapter 1 59:3)

Synonyms

  1. lucky or successful in the chase

  2. abounding in game

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

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