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

  • καθάπερ γὰρ οἱ σεσωμασκηκότεσ ἀθληταὶ τῷ χρόνῳ καταβαροῦσι καὶ καταγωνίζονται τοὺσ εὐρύθμουσ καὶ τεχνίτασ, οὕτωσ καὶ ὁ Ἀντίγονοσ ἐκ πολλῆσ ἀναφέρων δυνάμεωσ πρὸσ τὸν πόλεμον ἐξεπόνει καὶ κατήθλει τὸν Κλεομένη γλίσχρωσ καὶ μόλισ πορίζοντα τοῖσ ξένοισ μισθὸν καὶ τροφὴν τοῖσ πολίταισ. (Plutarch, Cleomenes, chapter 27 2:1)
  • καὶ τῶν περιόδων τὰσ τελευτὰσ εὐρύθμουσ εἶναι βούλεται καὶ βεβηκυίασ ὡσ ἂν ἀπὸ στάθμησ, τἀναντία ποιοῦσα ἐν ταῖσ τούτων ἁρμογαῖσ ἢ ταῖσ τῶν ὀνομάτων· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2311)
  • τὸ δ’ ἐκ παντὸσ ἡδύνειν τὰσ ἀκοὰσ εὐφώνων τε καὶ μαλακῶν ὀνομάτων ἐκλογῇ καὶ πάντα ἀξιοῦν εἰσ εὐρύθμουσ κατακλείειν περιόδων ἁρμονίασ καὶ διὰ τῶν θεατρικῶν σχημάτων καλλωπίζειν τὸν λόγον οὐκ ἦν πανταχῇ χρήσιμον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 18 2:10)
  • εἶναι δὲ καὶ τῷ κάλλει διαπρεπεῖσ καὶ ταῖσ ἄλλαισ περιγραφαῖσ τοῦ σώματοσ εὐρύθμουσ. (Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca Historica, book 2, chapter 56 4:1)

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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