Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔρυθμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔρυθμος εὔρυθμον

Structure: εὐρυθμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rhythmical
  2. well-proportioned, fitting well

Examples

  • ἐκτυπεῖτο δὲ ἐμβὰσ γερόντων εὐρύθμοισ προβήμασιν. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 3:8)
  • τὸ γάρ ξηραλοιφεῖν ὑφεωρῶντο Ῥωμαῖοι σφόδρα, καὶ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν οἰόνται μηδὲν οὕτωσ αἴτιον δουλείασ γεγονέναι καὶ μαλακίασ ὡσ τὰ γυμνάσια καὶ τὰσ παλαίστρασ πολὺν ἄλυν καὶ σχολὴν ἐντικτούσασ ταῖσ πόλεσι καὶ κακοσχολίαν καὶ τὸ παιδεραστεῖν καὶ τὸ διαφθείρειν τὰ σώματα τῶν νέων ὕπνοισ καὶ περιπάτοισ καὶ κινήσεσιν εὐρύθμοισ καὶ διαίταισ ἀκριβέσιν, ὑφ’ ὧν ἔλαθον ἐκρυέντεσ τῶν ὅπλων καὶ ἀγαπήσαντεσ ἀνθ’ ὁπλιτῶν καὶ ἱππέων ἀγαθῶν εὐτράπελοι καὶ παλαιστρῖται καλοὶ λέγεσθαι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 40 3:3)
  • τὸ γὰρ ξηραλοιφεῖν ὑφεωρῶντο Ῥωμαῖοι σφόδρα, καὶ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν οἰόνται μηδὲν οὕτωσ αἴτιον δουλείασ γεγονέναι καὶ μαλακίασ, ὡσ τὰ γυμνάσια καὶ τὰσ παλαίστρασ, πολὺν ἄλυν καὶ σχολὴν ἐντικτούσασ ταῖσ πόλεσι καὶ κακοσχολίαν καὶ τὸ παιδεραστεῖν καὶ τὸ διαφθείρειν τὰ σώματα τῶν νέων ὕπνοισ καὶ περιπάτοισ καὶ κινήσεσιν εὐρύθμοισ καὶ διαίταισ ἀκριβέσιν, ὑφ’ ὧν ἔλαθον ἐκρυέντεσ τῶν ὅπλων καὶ ἀγαπήσαντεσ ἀνθ’ ὁπλιτῶν καὶ ἱππέων ἀγαθῶν εὐτράπελοι καὶ παλαιστρῖται καλοὶ λέγεσθαι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 40 8:1)

Synonyms

  1. rhythmical

  2. well-proportioned

Related

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

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