εὐμενής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, ([[μένος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[well-disposed]], [[kindly]], τινι to one, [[epithet]] of gods, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span> 22.7</span> (not in Il. or Od.), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.25</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>686</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>6.4.2</span>; ἵλεως καὶ εὐ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.6.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.5.18</span>; Ἑρμῆς <span class="title">IGRom.</span>1.1228 (Egypt, ii A. D.); τὸ τῶν θεῶν εὐμενές <span class="bibl">D.4.45</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of men, <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>175</span> (troch.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Supp.</span>488</span> (Comp.); πόλει <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>212</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εὐμενὴς πρός τι</b> [[well-disposed]] for it, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Luc.</span>42</span>; [[τὸ εὐμενές]] = [[εὐμένεια]] ([[benevolence]]), <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>792e</span>; ξεῖνος δὲ ξείνῳ… εὐμενέστατον πάντων <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.237</span>: in Dor. Prose, <span class="title">Schwyzer</span> 84 (Argos, v B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> of actions, etc., <b class="b3">εὐμενεῖ τύχα, νόῳ</b>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>14.15</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>8.18</span>; εὐμενὴς [[ὀλολυγμός]] = signifying [[goodwill]], [[friendly]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 268</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> of places and things, γῆ εὐμενὴς [[ἐναγωνίζομαι|ἐναγωνίσασθαι]] = [[favourable]] to [[fight]] in, <span class="bibl">Th.2.74</span>; <b class="b3">εὐμενεῖ ποτῷ</b> (of a [[river]]) [[kindly]], [[bounteous]], <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Pers.</span>487</span>; of the air, [[mild]], [[soft]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>2.1.6</span>; so of medicines, [[beneficial]], ὑποχονδρίῳ καὶ σπλάγχνοισιν <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Acut.</span>59</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.3</span>; but also, [[agreeable]], [κόμμι] εὐμενέστερον κόλλης <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>33</span>; of a [[road]], [[easy]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.6.12</span> (Comp.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[εὐμενῶς]], Ion. [[εὐμενέως]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>952</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Phd.</span>89a</span>, <span class="bibl">A.R.2.1275</span>, etc.: Comp. εὐμενέστερον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1298</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>718d</span>; also εὐμενεστέρως <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.43</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>5</span>.</span>

|btext=ής, ές :<br />bienveillant, bon : εὐμενὴς [[πρός]] [[τι]] bien disposé pour qch ; τὸ εὐμενές la bienveillance ; <i>en gén.</i> facile, commode : [[γῆ]] εὐμενὴς ἐναγωνίσασθαι THC terre favorable pour un combat;<br /><i>Cp.</i> εὐμενέστερος, <i>Sp.</i> εὐμενέστατος.<br />'''Étymologie:''' [[εὖ]], [[μένος]].

|mantxt=(=[[εὐνοϊκός]]). Ἀπό τό [[εὖ]] + [[μένος]] (=διάθεση).<br><b>Παράγωγα:</b> [[εὐμένεια]], [[εὐμενῶς]], [[εὐμενέω]] -ῶ, [[εὐμενικός]], [[Εὐμενίδες]] (κατ' εὐφημισμό οἱ Ἐρινύες), [[εὐμενίζομαι]], [[ἐξευμενίζω]].