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εὔχρους

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔχρους εὔχρουν

Structure: εὐχρο (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: xro/a

Sense

  1. well-coloured, of good complexion, fresh-looking, healthy

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓χρους εύ̓χρουν
Genitive εύ̓χρου εύ̓χρου
Dative εύ̓χρῳ εύ̓χρῳ
Accusative εύ̓χρουν εύ̓χρουν
Vocative εύ̓χρου εύ̓χρουν
DualN/A/V εύ̓χρω εύ̓χρω
G/D εύ̓χροιν εύ̓χροιν
PluralNominative εῦ̓χροι εύ̓χροα
Genitive εύ̓χρων εύ̓χρων
Dative εύ̓χροις εύ̓χροις
Accusative εύ̓χρους εύ̓χροα
Vocative εῦ̓χροι εύ̓χροα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓χρους εύ̓χρου εὐχρούστερος εὐχρουστέρου εὐχρούστατος εὐχρουστάτου
Adverb εύ̓χρως εὐχρούστερον εὐχρούστατα

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

  • τοδὶ διέκυψε καὶ μάλ’ εὔχρων ὦ τάλαν. (Aristophanes, Thesmophoriazusae, Episode 1:28)
  • εὔχρων γε θαἶμα κἀποπυτίζει καλῶσ. (Aristophanes, Lysistrata, Prologue 5:27)
  • ἐγὼ δ’ ἔτνοσ γε πίσινον εὔχρων καὶ καλόν· (Aristotle, Episode21)
  • ἀλλ’ ἐν γὰρ μουσικῇ καὶ σχήματα μὲν καὶ μέλη ἔνεστιν, περὶ ῥυθμὸν καὶ ἁρμονίαν οὔσησ τῆσ μουσικῆσ, ὥστε εὔρυθμον μὲν καὶ εὐάρμοστον, εὔχρων δὲ μέλοσ ἢ σχῆμα οὐκ ἔστιν ἀπεικάσαντα, ὥσπερ οἱ χοροδιδάσκαλοι ἀπεικάζουσιν, ὀρθῶσ φθέγγεσθαι· (Plato, Laws, book 2 17:3)

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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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