Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὔστομος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔστομος εὔστομον

Structure: εὐστομ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: sto/ma

Sense

  1. with mouth of good size
  2. speaking well, eloquent, making eloquent
  3. avoiding words of ill omen, a religious silence, peace, be still!

Examples

  • Αἰγυπτίουσ φησὶ καὶ πενθεῖν, τίνασ δ’ οὐ βούλεσθαι αὐτὸσ ὀνομάζειν, ἀλλ’ εὐστόμωσ κεῖσθαι περὶ τῶν θείων Ἡρακλέα δὲ καὶ Διόνυσον, οὗ μὲν Αἰγύπτιοι, ἀποφαίνων ὄντασ θεούσ, οὗ δ’ Ἕλληνεσ, ἀνθρώπουσ καταγεγηρακότασ, οὐδαμοῦ ταύτην προύθετο τὴν εὐλάβειαν · (Plutarch, De Herodoti malignitate, section 13 4:1)

Synonyms

  1. with mouth of good size

  2. speaking well

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

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