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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

  • ἐστὶν γὰρ αὐτῷ τὸ μὲν τῶν μνηστήρων οἱο͂ν ἂν γένοιτο νεανίσκων μέθαισ καὶ ἔρωσιν ἀνακειμένων, τὸ δὲ τῶν Φαιάκων εὐσταθέστερον μὲν τούτων, φιλήδονον δέ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 3 6:3)

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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