Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐσύνοπτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐσύνοπτος εὐσύνοπτον

Structure: εὐσυνοπτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: suno/yomai

Sense

  1. easily taken in at a glance, seen at once

Examples

  • ἡ δὲ τῶν ἐπὶ γῆσ ὑδάτων ῥύσισ οὐχ ὁμοίωσ εὐσύνοπτον ἔχει τὸν τῆσ ἀντιπεριώσεωσ τρόπον. (Plutarch, Platonicae quaestiones, chapter 7, section 81)
  • λέγω δὲ περίοδον λέξιν ἔχουσαν ἀρχὴν καὶ τελευτὴν αὐτὴν καθ’ αὑτὴν καὶ μέγεθοσ εὐσύνοπτον. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 9 3:2)
  • εὐσύνοπτον γὰρ μᾶλλον τὸ οἰκεῖον τοῦ πράγματοσ καὶ τὸ ἀλλότριον, καὶ ὁ ἀγὼν ἄπεστιν, ὥστε καθαρὰ ἡ κρίσισ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 3, chapter 12 5:6)
  • ἔτι δ’ ὥσπερ τὸ πλῆθοσ τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων εὐσύνοπτον ἔφαμεν εἶναι δεῖν, οὕτω καὶ τὴν χώραν· (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 90:1)
  • τὸ δ’ εὐσύνοπτον τὸ εὐβοήθητον εἶναι τὴν χώραν ἐστίν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 90:2)
  • οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ κατὰ τὸν λόγον σκοπουμένοισ εὐσύνοπτόν ἐστιν. (Aristotle, Politics, Book 7 12:1)

Related

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

Find this word at Perseus Greek Word Study Tool

SEARCH

MENU NAVIGATION