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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

Examples

  • Νικόλαοσ δ’ ὁ Δαμασκηνὸσ ἐν τῇ ὀγδόῃ τῶν Ἱστοριῶν πρὸσ ταῖσ ἑκατὸν περὶ τὰσ Ἄλπεισ λίμνην τινά φησιν εἶναι πολλῶν σταδίων οὖσαν, ἧσ περὶ τὸν κύκλον πεφυκέναι δι’ ἔτουσ ἄνθη ἥδιστα καὶ εὐχρούστατα, ὅμοια ταῖσ καλουμέναισ κάλχαισ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 28 5:2)

Related

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

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