εὐμενής: Difference between revisions

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