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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓θηρος εύ̓θηρον
Genitive εὐθήρου εὐθήρου
Dative εὐθήρῳ εὐθήρῳ
Accusative εύ̓θηρον εύ̓θηρον
Vocative εύ̓θηρε εύ̓θηρον
DualN/A/V εὐθήρω εὐθήρω
G/D εὐθήροιν εὐθήροιν
PluralNominative εύ̓θηροι εύ̓θηρα
Genitive εὐθήρων εὐθήρων
Dative εὐθήροις εὐθήροις
Accusative εὐθήρους εύ̓θηρα
Vocative εύ̓θηροι εύ̓θηρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓θηρος εὐθήρου εὐθηρότερος εὐθηροτέρου εὐθηρότατος εὐθηροτάτου
Adverb εὐθήρως εὐθηρότερον εὐθηρότατα

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

  • εἴθε παῖσ ἐμὸσ εὔθηροσ εἰή, μητρὸσ εἰκασθεὶσ τρόποισ, ὅτ’ ἐν νεανίαισι Θηβαίοισ ἅμα θηρῶν ὀριγνῷτ’· (Euripides, episode 3:6)
  • μόνον δὲ Αἰγαῖον οὐδὲ ἀτρύγετον ἔξεστιν εἰπεῖν, οὐ γὰρ γυμνὸσ οὐδὲ ἄκαρπόσ ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ διαφερόντωσ μὲν εὐοίνοσ, εὔφοροσ καὶ σίτου καὶ πάντων ὁπόσα ὡρ͂αι φύουσιν, εὐίχθυσ δὲ καὶ εὔθηροσ οἱάν μάλιστα Ὅμηροσ εἶναι ἔφη τὴν τῶν εὐδαιμόνων δεῖν θάλατταν, χρείασ πάσασ καὶ πάσασ ἡδονὰσ καὶ θεάματα ἔχων, μεστὸσ μὲν λιμένων, μεστὸσ δὲ ἱερῶν, μεστὸσ δ’ αὐλῶν καὶ παιάνων καὶ πηγῶν καὶ ποταμῶν, Διονύσου μὲν τροφεὺσ ὢν, Διοσκούροισ δὲ καὶ Νύμφαισ ὁμοίωσ κεχαρισμένοσ· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:3)

Synonyms

  1. lucky or successful in the chase

  2. abounding in game

Related

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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