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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

Examples

  • διὸ ἐνίοτε ἀνομοίοισ χαίρουσιν, οἱο͂ν αὐστηροὶ εὐτραπέλοισ καὶ ὀξεῖσ ῥαθύμοισ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 122:1)
  • μάλιστα δὲ καὶ ἐν τούτοισ αἱ φιλίαι μένουσιν, ὅταν τὸ αὐτὸ γίνηται παρ’ ἀλλήλων, οἱο͂ν ἡδονή, καὶ μὴ μόνον οὕτωσ ἀλλὰ καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ αὐτοῦ, οἱο͂ν τοῖσ εὐτραπέλοισ, καὶ μὴ ὡσ ἐραστῇ καὶ ἐρωμένῳ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 38:5)

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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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