εὐπέτεια
βίος ἀνεόρταστος μακρὴ ὁδὸς ἀπανδόκευτος → a life without feasting is a long journey without an inn | a life without festivals is a long journey without inns | a life without festivals is a long road without inns | a life without festivity is a long road without an inn | a life without festivity is like a long road without an inn | a life without holidays is like a long road without taverns | a life without parties is a long journey without inns | a life without public holidays is a long road without hotels
English (LSJ)
Ion. εὐπετ-είη, ἡ,
A ease, δι' εὐπετείας easily, E.Ph.262; μετ' εὐπετείας γίγνεσθαι Pl.Ti.64d; κατὰ πολλὴν εὐπέτειαν D.H.6.52: pl., εὐπετείας διδόναι give facilities, grant indulgences, κακίας πέρι Pl.R. 364c. 2 easiness of getting or having, γυναικῶν Hdt.5.20; τροφῆς X.Oec.5.5; τῶν προθυμουμένων Pl.Lg.718d; ἀγορᾶς Plu.Nic.20. 3 easy decline, degeneration, Hp.Nat.Hom.12.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1088] ἡ, Leichtigkeit, bes. Etwas zu erlangen, γυναικῶν Her. 5, 20, wie Plat. mit ἀφθονία verbunden, Legg. IV, 718 d; τροφῆς εὐπέτειαν π αρέχειν, reichlich Nahrung darbieten, der εὐμάρεια entsprechend, Xen. Oec. 5, 5; τῆς ἀγορᾶς Plut. Nic. 20, Leichtigkeit der Zufuhr; – δι' εὐπετείας, leicht, Eur. Phoen. 262 u. Sp.; auch κατ' εὐπέτειαν, D. Hal. 6, 52; μετ' εὐπετείας, Plat. Tim. 64 d. – Uebertr., εὐπέτειαν διδόναι Plat. Rep. II, 364 c.
