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εὔυδρος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔυδρος εὔυδρον

Structure: εὐυδρ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: u(/dwr

Sense

  1. well-watered, abounding in water
  2. with beautiful water

Examples

  • δύσβατα δὲ δὴ πάντα ποιεῖν μὲν τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ, τοῖσ δὲ φίλοισ ὅτι μάλιστα εὔβατα, ἀνθρώποισ τε καὶ ὑποζυγίοισ καὶ βοσκήμασιν, ὁδῶν τε ἐπιμελουμένουσ ὅπωσ ὡσ ἡμερώταται ἕκασται γίγνωνται, καὶ τῶν ἐκ Διὸσ ὑδάτων, ἵνα τὴν χώραν μὴ κακουργῇ, μᾶλλον δ’ ὠφελῇ ῥέοντα ἐκ τῶν ὑψηλῶν εἰσ τὰσ ἐν τοῖσ ὄρεσι νάπασ ὅσαι κοῖλαι, τὰσ ἐκροὰσ αὐτῶν εἴργοντασ οἰκοδομήμασί τε καὶ ταφρεύμασιν, ὅπωσ ἂν τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Διὸσ ὕδατα καταδεχόμεναι καὶ πίνουσαι, τοῖσ ὑποκάτωθεν ἀγροῖσ τε καὶ τόποισ πᾶσιν νάματα καὶ κρήνασ ποιοῦσαι, καὶ τοὺσ αὐχμηροτάτουσ τόπουσ πολυύδρουσ τε καὶ εὐύδρουσ ἀπεργάζωνται· (Plato, Laws, book 6 69:1)

Synonyms

  1. well-watered

  2. with beautiful water

Related

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

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