Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐσχήμων

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐσχήμων εὐσχήμον

Structure: εὐσχημων (Stem)

Etym.: sxh=ma

Sense

  1. elegant in figure, mien and bearing, graceful
  2. with an outside show of goodness, specious
  3. decent, becoming, with grace and dignity, like a gentleman
  4. noble, honourable

Examples

  • ψυχὴ εὐλογουμένη πᾶσα ἁπλῆ, ἀνὴρ δὲ θυμώδησ οὐκ εὐσχήμων. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 11:24)
  • γυνὴ ἀσχήμων ἀτιμίαν κατατρίψει, θυγάτηρ δὲ εὐσχήμων καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα ἐντραπήσεται. (Septuagint, Liber Sirach 26:24)
  • οἱ μὲν γὰρ χαμαὶ κυλινδοῦνται πολλάκισ καὶ τὰσ κεφαλὰσ ἀράττουσι πρὸσ τὸ ἔδαφοσ, ὁ δ’ εὐσχήμων καὶ καλὸσ καὶ καθ’ ὑπερβολὴν ἐστεφανωμένοσ ὑψηλὸσ πρόκειται καὶ μετέωροσ ὥσπερ εἰσ πομπὴν κεκοσμημένοσ. (Lucian, (no name) 12:3)
  • ἣ δὲ καὶ θνῄσκουσ’ ὅμωσ πολλὴν πρόνοιαν εἶχεν εὐσχήμων πεσεῖν, κρύπτουσ’ ἃ κρύπτειν ὄμματ’ ἀρσένων χρεών. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode 4:3)
  • ἥ τε καθέδρα ἡ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἵππου αὐτοῦ τοῦ ἱππέωσ ἀεὶ εὐσχήμων καὶ ὀρθὴ ἐν τῷ ἀκροβολισμῷ σῴζεται, καὶ ταύτῃ μᾶλλον, ὅτι ἐπελαυνόντων ὁρᾶται καὶ τῶν ὅπλων ἡ λαμπρότησ καὶ τῶν ἵππων ἡ ὠκύτησ τε καὶ τὸ ἐν ταῖσ ἐπιστροφαῖσ εὐκαμπέσ καὶ ὅπωσ ἐν ἴσοισ τοῖσ διαστήμασιν αἱ ἐπελάσεισ γίγνονται τῶν ἱππέων. (Arrian, chapter 38 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. with an outside show of goodness

  2. noble

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

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