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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

  • οὐ γὰρ τῷ ποιούσ τινασ εἶναι ἀγαπῶσι τοὺσ εὐτραπέλουσ, ἀλλ’ ὅτι ἡδεῖσ αὑτοῖσ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 22:3)
  • οὔτε γὰρ ἡδεῖσ μετ’ ἀρετῆσ ζητοῦσιν οὔτε χρησίμουσ εἰσ τὰ καλά, ἀλλὰ τοὺσ μὲν εὐτραπέλουσ τοῦ ἡδέοσ ἐφιέμενοι, τοὺσ δὲ δεινοὺσ πρᾶξαι τὸ ἐπιταχθέν, ταῦτα δ’ οὐ πάνυ γίνεται ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 8 62:1)
  • λέγεται δέ, φάσκοντοσ αὐτοῦ κατὰ Ζήνωνα καταληπτὸν εἶναι τὸ ἦθοσ ἐξ εἴδουσ, νεανίσκουσ τινὰσ εὐτραπέλουσ ἀγαγεῖν πρὸσ αὐτὸν κίναιδον ἐσκληραγωγημένον ἐν ἀγρῷ καὶ ἀξιοῦν ἀποφαίνεσθαι περὶ τοῦ ἤθουσ· (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. e'. KLEANQHS 5:5)

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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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