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εὐτράπελος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐτράπελος εὐτράπελον

Structure: εὐτραπελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: tre/pw

Sense

  1. easily turning or changing, a dexterous, ready, dexterously, without awkwardness
  2. ready with an answer, witty
  3. jesting, ribald
  4. tricky, dishonest

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εὐτράπελος εὐτράπελον
Genitive εὐτραπέλου εὐτραπέλου
Dative εὐτραπέλῳ εὐτραπέλῳ
Accusative εὐτράπελον εὐτράπελον
Vocative εὐτράπελε εὐτράπελον
DualN/A/V εὐτραπέλω εὐτραπέλω
G/D εὐτραπέλοιν εὐτραπέλοιν
PluralNominative εὐτράπελοι εὐτράπελα
Genitive εὐτραπέλων εὐτραπέλων
Dative εὐτραπέλοις εὐτραπέλοις
Accusative εὐτραπέλους εὐτράπελα
Vocative εὐτράπελοι εὐτράπελα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εὐτράπελος εὐτραπέλου εὐτραπελότερος εὐτραπελοτέρου εὐτραπελότατος εὐτραπελοτάτου
Adverb εὐτραπέλως εὐτραπελότερον εὐτραπελότατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • τὸ γάρ ξηραλοιφεῖν ὑφεωρῶντο Ῥωμαῖοι σφόδρα, καὶ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν οἰόνται μηδὲν οὕτωσ αἴτιον δουλείασ γεγονέναι καὶ μαλακίασ ὡσ τὰ γυμνάσια καὶ τὰσ παλαίστρασ πολὺν ἄλυν καὶ σχολὴν ἐντικτούσασ ταῖσ πόλεσι καὶ κακοσχολίαν καὶ τὸ παιδεραστεῖν καὶ τὸ διαφθείρειν τὰ σώματα τῶν νέων ὕπνοισ καὶ περιπάτοισ καὶ κινήσεσιν εὐρύθμοισ καὶ διαίταισ ἀκριβέσιν, ὑφ’ ὧν ἔλαθον ἐκρυέντεσ τῶν ὅπλων καὶ ἀγαπήσαντεσ ἀνθ’ ὁπλιτῶν καὶ ἱππέων ἀγαθῶν εὐτράπελοι καὶ παλαιστρῖται καλοὶ λέγεσθαι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 40 3:3)
  • τὸ γὰρ ξηραλοιφεῖν ὑφεωρῶντο Ῥωμαῖοι σφόδρα, καὶ τοῖσ Ἕλλησιν οἰόνται μηδὲν οὕτωσ αἴτιον δουλείασ γεγονέναι καὶ μαλακίασ, ὡσ τὰ γυμνάσια καὶ τὰσ παλαίστρασ, πολὺν ἄλυν καὶ σχολὴν ἐντικτούσασ ταῖσ πόλεσι καὶ κακοσχολίαν καὶ τὸ παιδεραστεῖν καὶ τὸ διαφθείρειν τὰ σώματα τῶν νέων ὕπνοισ καὶ περιπάτοισ καὶ κινήσεσιν εὐρύθμοισ καὶ διαίταισ ἀκριβέσιν, ὑφ’ ὧν ἔλαθον ἐκρυέντεσ τῶν ὅπλων καὶ ἀγαπήσαντεσ ἀνθ’ ὁπλιτῶν καὶ ἱππέων ἀγαθῶν εὐτράπελοι καὶ παλαιστρῖται καλοὶ λέγεσθαι. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Romanae, section 40 8:1)
  • ὅθεν ὀδυρτικοί εἰσι, καὶ οὐκ εὐτράπελοι οὐδὲ φιλογέλοιοι· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 2, chapter 13 15:4)
  • οἱ δ’ ἐμμελῶσ παίζοντεσ εὐτράπελοι προσαγορεύονται, οἱο͂ν εὔτροποι· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 143:2)
  • ἐπιπολάζοντοσ δὲ τοῦ γελοίου, καὶ τῶν πλείστων χαιρόντων τῇ παιδιᾷ καὶ τῷ σκώπτειν μᾶλλον ἢ δεῖ, καὶ οἱ βωμολόχοι εὐτράπελοι προσαγορεύονται ὡσ χαρίεντεσ· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 144:2)

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

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