εὐφροσύνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. [[ἐϋφρ]]-, ἡ, (εὔφρων) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[mirth]], [[merriment]], γέλω τε καὶ εὐφροσύνην παρέχουσαι <span class="bibl">Od.20.8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">10.465</span>, etc.; esp. of a banquet, [[good cheer]], [[festivily]], <b class="b3">οὐ… τί φημι χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτ' ἐϋφροσύνη μὲν ἔχῃ κατὰ δῆμον ἅπαντα κτλ</b>. <span class="bibl">9.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>449</span>, <span class="bibl">482</span>, etc.; κρατὴρ μεστὸς ἐϋφροσύνης <span class="bibl">Xenoph.1.4</span>: pl., <b class="b3">σφισι θυμὸς αἰὲν ἐϋφροσυνῃσιν ἰαίνεται</b> is cheered [[with glad thoughts]], <span class="bibl">Od.6.156</span>; [[festivities]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 539</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>377</span> (both lyr.), etc.: chiefly poet., used by <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.1.32</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ages.</span>9.4</span> (pl.): in sg., <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>3.3.7</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>80b</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ χαρὰ καὶ ἡ εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Epicur. <span class="title">Fr.</span>2</span>: also in later Prose, <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ge.</span>31.27</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>2.28</span>, Diogenian. Epicur.4.50, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLips.</span>119 ii 1</span> (iii A. D.), etc.; εὐ. ψυχῆς οἶνος πινόμενος <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Si.</span>34.28</span> (<span class="bibl">31.36</span>). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> pr. n., <span class="title">Euphrosyne</span>, one of the Graces, <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>909</span>, etc.</span>