Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

εὐχερής

Third declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὐχερής εὐχερές

Structure: εὐχερη (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: xei/rh

Sense

  1. easily handled, easy to deal with, easy, light
  2. manageable, accommodating, kind, yielding
  3. unscrupulous, reckless

Examples

  • πάντασ ἤδη τόδ’ ἔργον εὐχερεί‐ ᾳ συναρμόσει βροτούσ· (Aeschylus, Eumenides, choral, strophe 12)
  • ἀλλ’ εὐγενὴσ γὰρ ἡ φύσισ κἀξ εὐγενῶν, ὦ τέκνον, ἡ σή, πάντα ταῦτ’ ἐν εὐχερεῖ ἔθου, βοῆσ τε καὶ δυσοσμίασ γέμων. (Sophocles, Philoctetes, episode6)

Synonyms

  1. easily handled

  2. unscrupulous

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

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