εὔνους
τὰ σῦκα σῦκα, τὴν σκάφην δὲ σκάφην ὀνομάζειν → call a spade a spade | speak the truth | speak straight from the shoulder | give it straight from the shoulder | give the straight goods | not to mince matters | not to mince words | not mince words | call things by their right names | call a spade a spade and a shovel a shovel | call a shovel a shovel | call a spade a spade, not a big spoon
English (LSJ)
See εὔνοος; well-minded, well-disposed, kindly, friendly, Hdt., Attic; τινι to one, Hdt., etc.; οἱ ἐμοὶ εὖνοι = my well-wishers, Xen.; τὸ εὔνουν εὔνοια, Soph., etc.—comp. εὐνούστερος Soph., Ionic εὐνοέστερος Hdt.; Sup. εὐνούστατος.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ους, ουν, plur. εὔνοι;
att. c. εὔνοος.
German (Pape)
zusammengezogen aus εὔνοος.
Russian (Dvoretsky)
εὔνους: стяж. к εὔνοος.
Middle Liddell
εὔ-νους, ουν
well-minded, well-disposed, kindly, friendly, Hdt., attic; τινι to one, Hdt., etc.; οἱ ἐμοὶ εὖνοι my well-wishers, Xen.; τὸ εὔνουν = εὔνοια, Soph., etc.—comp. εὐνούστερος Soph., ionic εὐνοέστερος Hdt.; Sup. εὐνούστατος Ar.
English (Woodhouse)
friendly, loving, biassed favorably, biassed favourably, kindly disposed, one who favors, one who favours, recruit to a party, supporter of a cause, supporter of a party, well affected, well intentioned
Mantoulidis Etymological
(=φιλικός). Ἀπό το εὖ + νόος -νοῦς.
Παράγωγα: εὐνοῶ, εὐνόησις, εὐνόημα, εὐνοητικῶς, εὔνοια, εὐνοϊκός, εὐνόως.
