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εὔθηρος?

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration: euthēros

Principal Part: εὔθηρος εὔθηρον

Structure: εὐθηρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: θήρα

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 εὔθηρος εὔθηρον
Genitive εὐθήρου εὐθήρου
Dative εὐθήρῳ εὐθήρῳ
Accusative εὔθηρον εὔθηρον
Vocative εὔθηρε εὔθηρον
DualN/A/V εὐθήρω εὐθήρω
G/D εὐθήροιν εὐθήροιν
PluralNominative εὔθηροι εὔθηρα
Genitive εὐθήρων εὐθήρων
Dative εὐθήροις εὐθήροις
Accusative εὐθήρους εὔθηρα
Vocative εὔθηροι εὔθηρα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὔθηρος 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

  • 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 ὡρ῀αι 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

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

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