Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

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

  • βριθὺ μὲν ἀγραύλων τόδε δίκτυον ἄνθετο θηρῶν Δᾶμισ, καὶ Πίγρησ πτηνολέτιν νεφέλην, ἁπλότατον δ’ ἁλὶ τοῦτο μιτορραφὲσ ἀμφίβληστρον Κλείτωρ εὐθήρῳ Πανὶ προσευξάμενοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 1851)
  • σὺ δ’ εὐθήρου τοῦδ’ ὑπέρισχε ῥίου, εὖτε κατ’ εἰνοσίφυλλον ὄροσ ποσί, πότνια, βαίνεισ, δεινὸν μαιμώσαισ ἐγκονέουσα κυσίν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 6, chapter 2681)
  • 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

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

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