εὐμαρής
νήπιοι, οἷς ταύτῃ κεῖται νόος, οὐδὲ ἴσασιν ὡς χρόνος ἔσθ᾿ ἥβης καὶ βιότου ὀλίγος θνητοῖς. ἀλλὰ σὺ ταῦτα μαθὼν βιότου ποτὶ τέρμα ψυχῇ τῶν ἀγαθῶν τλῆθι χαριζόμενος → fools, to think like that and not realise that mortals' time for youth and life is brief: you must take note of this, and since you are near the end of your life endure, indulging yourself with good things | Poor fools they to think so and not to know that the time of youth and life is but short for such as be mortal! Wherefore be thou wise in time, and fail not when the end is near to give thy soul freely of the best.
English (LSJ)
ές,
A easy, convenient, most commonly of things, εὐμάρεα προλέξαις Alc.Supp.22.7; εὐ. χείρωμα an easy prey, A.Ag. 1326; δυστυχούντων γ' εὐμαρὴς ἀπαλλαγή Id.Supp.339; ἔνθεσις Pherecr.108.6: Comp., Ph.1.19, Ascl.Tact.7.3; εὔμαρές [ἐστι] c.inf., 'tis easy, Sapph.Supp.5.5, Thgn.845, Simon.125.5, Pi.P.3.115, N.3.21, E.Alc.492; so ἐν εὐμαρεῖ [ἐστι] Id.IA969, Hel.1227, Fr. 382.10; [Ἡράκλειαν] ἐξ εὐμαροῦς ἔλαβεν Phleg.Mir.3. b easy to obtain, abundant, cheap, σῖτος IG12 (5).714.15 (Andros, iv B.C., Comp.). 2 rarely of persons, bringing ease, χρόνος γὰρ εὐ. θεός S.El.179 (lyr.); gentle, Aret.SD1.6: Comp. -έστερος more 'in touch', Hp.Decent.13. II Adv. -ρῶς, poet.-ρέως, easily, readily, πείθομαι B.5.195, cf. A.Fr.366, Pl.Criti.113e, Lg.706b, Luc.Am.53, Sor.1.33, etc.; τλήσεται εὐ. AP5.245 (Paul. Sil.): Comp. -έστερον Trag.Adesp.383, Hdn.8.7.6: Sup. -έστατα Ph.2.419; εὐμαρέως τοι χρῆμα θεοὶ δόσαν οὔτε τι δειλὸν οὔτ' ἀγαθόν Thgn.463. (From μάρη = χείρ (cf. εὐχερής) Sch.Il.15.137.) [ᾰ, for καταφαγῆμεν εὐμᾰρέα shd. be read in Epich.42.]
