εὐμενής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, (μένος) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">well-disposed, kindly</b>, τινι [[to]] one, epith. 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 εὐ. <span class="bibl">D.4.45</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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">εὐ. πρός τι</b> <b class="b2">well-disposed</b> for it, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Luc.</span>42</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ εὐ</b>., = [[εὐμένεια]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>792e</span>; ξεῖνος δὲ ξείνῳ… -έστατον 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<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>; <b class="b3">εὐ. ὀλολυγμός</b> <b class="b2">signifying goodwill, friendly</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span> 268</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> of places and things, <b class="b3">γῆ εὐ. ἐναγωνίσασθαι</b> [[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]-έστερον 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">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -<b class="b3">νῶς</b>, Ion. -έως, <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.-έστερον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1298</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>718d</span>; also -εστέρως <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.43</span>, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Rh.</span>5</span>.</span>