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Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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|Beta Code=eu)meta/ptwtos
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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[unstable]], παιδία <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sens.</span>45</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς τύχης εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S.9.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span>9</span>. Adv. -τως v.l. in <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.22.8</span>.</span>
|Definition=ον, <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[unstable]], παιδία <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Sens.</span>45</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ τῆς τύχης εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">D.S.9.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Secund.<span class="title">Sent.</span>9</span>. Adv. -τως v.l. in <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.22.8</span>.</span>
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English (LSJ)

ον,    A unstable, παιδία Thphr.Sens.45; τὸ τῆς τύχης εὐ. D.S.9.10, cf. Secund.Sent.9. Adv. -τως v.l. in Arr.Epict.2.22.8.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1080] leicht umschlagend, veränderlich, Theophr. u. Sp.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εὐμετάπτωτος: -ον, εὐκόλως μεταβαλλόμενος, Θεοφρ. π. Αἰσθ. 45· τὸ τῆς τύχης εὐμετάπτωτον Διόδ. ἐν Ἐκλογ. Βατ. σ. 18.

Greek Monolingual

εὐμετάπτωτος, -ον (Α)
αυτός που μεταβάλλεται εύκολα, ο ασταθής.
επίρρ...
εὐμεταπτώτως (Α)
με ασταθή τρόπο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ευ + μετά-πτωτος (< μετα-πίπτω)].

Russian (Dvoretsky)

εὐμετάπτωτος: шаткий, неустойчивый (sc. τύχη Diod.; sc. γνώμη Plut.).