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

  • ἀλλ’ εἰᾶ πάλλ’ ἀνάστρεφ’ εὐρύθμῳ ποδί, τόρευε πᾶσαν ᾠδήν· (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Lyric-Scene, lyric1)
  • ἀλλὰ τόδε γε, ὅτι τὸ τῆσ εὐσχημοσύνησ τε καὶ ἀσχημοσύνησ τῷ εὐρύθμῳ τε καὶ ἀρρύθμῳ ἀκολουθεῖ, δύνασαι διελέσθαι; (Plato, Republic, book 3 292:1)

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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