εύρωστος

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καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλοννικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)

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Greek Monolingual

-η, -ο (ΑΜ εὔρωστος, -ον)
1. ισχυρός, δυνατός, ρωμαλέοςεὔρωστος τὸ σῶμα», Ξεν.)
2. αυτός που έχει ψυχικό σθένοςεὔρωστος τὰς ψυχάς», Αριστοτ.)
νεοελλ.
ανθηρός, σε καλή κατάσταση («εύρωστη οικονομία»).
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ευ + -ρωστος (< ρώννυμι «δυναμώνω»), πρβλ. ά-ρρωστος, ταχύ-ρρωστος].