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εὐχείρωτος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐχείρωτος εὐχείρωτον

Structure: εὐχειρωτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xeiro/w

Sense

  1. easy to master or overcome

Examples

  • ὅθεν εὐχείρωτα πρὸσ τὴν θήραν γίνεται. (Diodorus Siculus, Library, book xvii, chapter 89 11:2)
  • προπέτειά γε μὴν καὶ θρασύτησ καὶ θυμὸσ ἄλογοσ, ἔτι δὲ κενοδοξία καὶ τῦφοσ εὐχείρωτα μὲν τοῖσ ἐχθροῖσ, ἐπισφαλέστατα δὲ τοῖσ φίλοισ. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 81 9:1)

Synonyms

  1. easy to master or overcome

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

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