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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

  • ἆρα δῆτ’ οὐκ αὐτὰ δῆλα τοῖσ πένησιν, ἡ τυραννὶσ ὡσ λάθρᾳ γ’ ἐλάνθαν’ ὑπιοῦσά με, εἰ σύ γ’ ὦ πόνῳ πόνηρε καὶ κομηταμυνία τῶν νόμων ἡμᾶσ ἀπείργεισ ὧν ἔθηκεν ἡ πόλισ, οὔτε τιν’ ἔχων πρόφασιν οὔτε λόγον εὐτράπελον, αὐτὸσ ἄρχων μόνοσ; (Aristophanes, Wasps, Choral, antistrophe2)
  • ζηλωτὴσ δὲ τῶν εὐτραπέλων λόγων τούτων ἐγένετο ὁ Στρατόνικοσ Σιμωνίδου τοῦ ποιητοῦ, ὥσ φησιν Ἔφοροσ ἐν δευτέρῳ περὶ εὑρημάτων, φάσκων καὶ Φιλόξενον τὸν Κυθήριον περὶ τὰ ὅμοια ἐσπουδακέναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 461)
  • ἔστι δὲ καὶ ἡ εὐτραπελία μεσότησ, καὶ ὁ εὐτράπελοσ μέσοσ τοῦ ἀγροίκου καὶ δυστραπέλου καὶ τοῦ βωμολόχου. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 135:1)
  • οὗτοσ δ’ εὐτράπελοσ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 3 137:2)
  • διὸ ἐνίοτε ἀνομοίοισ χαίρουσιν, οἱο͂ν αὐστηροὶ εὐτραπέλοισ καὶ ὀξεῖσ ῥαθύμοισ. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 122:1)
  • περὶ δὲ τὸ ἡδὺ τὸ μὲν ἐν παιδιᾷ ὁ μὲν μέσοσ εὐτράπελοσ καὶ ἡ διάθεσισ εὐτραπελία, ἡ δ’ ὑπερβολὴ βωμολοχία καὶ ὁ ἔχων αὐτὴν βωμολόχοσ, ὁ δ’ ἐλλείπων ἄγροικόσ τισ καὶ ἡ ἕξισ ἀγροικία· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 87:2)
  • τοιοῦτοσ μὲν οὖν ὁ μέσοσ ἐστίν, εἴτ’ ἐπιδέξιοσ εἴτ’ εὐτράπελοσ λέγεται. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 148:4)

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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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