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εὔρυθμος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔρυθμος εὔρυθμον

Structure: εὐρυθμ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. rhythmical
  2. well-proportioned, fitting well

Examples

  • τῆσ ὀρχήσεωσ δὲ ἄλλη μὲν Μούσησ λέξιν μιμουμένων, τό τε μεγαλοπρεπὲσ φυλάττοντασ ἅμα καὶ ἐλεύθερον, ἄλλη δέ, εὐεξίασ ἐλαφρότητόσ τε ἕνεκα καὶ κάλλουσ, τῶν τοῦ σώματοσ αὐτοῦ μελῶν καὶ μερῶν τὸ προσῆκον καμπῆσ τε καὶ ἐκτάσεωσ, καὶ ἀποδιδομένησ ἑκάστοισ αὐτοῖσ αὑτῶν εὐρύθμου κινήσεωσ, διασπειρομένησ ἅμα καὶ συνακολουθούσησ εἰσ πᾶσαν τὴν ὄρχησιν ἱκανῶσ. (Plato, Laws, book 7 48:1)

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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