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εὔψῡχος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: εὔψῡχος

Structure: εὐψῡχ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: yuxh/

Sense

  1. of good courage, stout of heart
  2. , 2.43, 4.126, 2.11
  3. (in comparative) cooling

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative εύ̓ψῡχος εύ̓ψῡχον
Genitive εὐψῡ́χου εὐψῡ́χου
Dative εὐψῡ́χῳ εὐψῡ́χῳ
Accusative εύ̓ψῡχον εύ̓ψῡχον
Vocative εύ̓ψῡχε εύ̓ψῡχον
DualN/A/V εὐψῡ́χω εὐψῡ́χω
G/D εὐψῡ́χοιν εὐψῡ́χοιν
PluralNominative εύ̓ψῡχοι εύ̓ψῡχα
Genitive εὐψῡ́χων εὐψῡ́χων
Dative εὐψῡ́χοις εὐψῡ́χοις
Accusative εὐψῡ́χους εύ̓ψῡχα
Vocative εύ̓ψῡχοι εύ̓ψῡχα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective εύ̓ψῡχος εὐψῡ́χου εὐψῡχότερος εὐψῡχοτέρου εὐψῡχότατος εὐψῡχοτάτου
Adverb εὐψῡ́χως εὐψῡχότερον εὐψῡχότατα

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

  • καὶ ἀλέκτωρ ἐμπεριπατῶν θηλείαισ εὔψυχοσ καὶ τράγοσ ἡγούμενοσ αἰπολίου καὶ βασιλεὺσ δημηγορῶν ἐν ἔθνει. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 24:67)
  • ἐπεί τοι ἀνέθρεψα ἐγὼ κύνα χαροπὴν οἱάν χαροπωτάτην, καὶ αὕτη ὠκεῖά τε ἦν καὶ φιλόπονοσ καὶ εὔψυχοσ καὶ εὔπουσ, ὥστε καὶ τέσσαρσιν ἤδη ποτὲ λαγῷσ ἐφ̓ ἡλικίασ ἀντήρκεσεν. (Arrian, Cynegeticus, chapter 5 1:1)
  • οὐδεὶσ ἀνὴρ εὔψυχοσ ἀξιοῖ λάθρᾳ κτεῖναι τὸν ἐχθρόν, ἀλλ’ ἰὼν κατὰ στόμα. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic 2:15)
  • Ψηφίσματοσ Μέροσδημοτικόσ γ’ ὁ διατάττων ἑαυτὸν μέν, ἐπειδὴ ἀνδρεῖοσ καὶ εὔψυχόσ ἐστιν, ἐν τοῖσ ὅπλοισ μένειν, οὓσ δ’ ἂν οὗτοσ ἀποδοκιμάσῃ τῶν πολιτῶν, ἐπὶ τὰ ἔργα ἀπιέναι, καὶ ἐάν τι ἄλλο τούτῳ δόξῃ ἐπιτήδειον εἶναι, τοῦτο ποιεῖν. (Dinarchus, Speeches, 95:1)
  • ἔτι δὲ πρὸσ τούτοισι τῶν τοιούτων ἀνθρώπων ἀνάγκη ἐρημοῦσθαι τὴν γῆν ὑπό τε πολεμίων καὶ ἀργίησ, ὥστε καὶ εἴ τισ φύσει πέφυκεν ἀνδρεῖοσ καὶ εὔψυχοσ, ἀποτρέπεσθαι τὴν γνώμην ὑπὸ τῶν νόμων. (Hippocrates, Hippocrates Collected Works I, , xvi.11)

Synonyms

  1. of good courage

  2. cooling

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