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εὐσταθής

Third declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐσταθής εὐσταθές

Structure: εὐσταθη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: i(/stamai

Sense

  1. well-based, well-built

Examples

  • τῶν δὲ κατὰ τόπον στρατηγῶν Τιμόθεοσ καὶ Ἀπολλώνιοσ ὁ τοῦ Γενναίουσ, ἔτι δὲ Ἱερώνυμοσ καὶ Δημοφῶν, πρὸσ δὲ τούτοισ Νικάνωρ ὁ Κυπριάρχησ οὐκ εἴων αὐτοὺσ εὐσταθεῖσ καὶ τὰ τῆσ ἡσυχίασ ἄγειν. (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees II 12:2)
  • τὸν βίον, φησίν, εὐσταθεῖσ, οὐκ ἐγχειρογάστορεσ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 6 3:4)

Synonyms

  1. well-based

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

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