εὐτραπελία

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εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses

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Transliteration A: eutrapelía Transliteration B: eutrapelia Transliteration C: eftrapelia Beta Code: eu)trapeli/a

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ἡ,

   A ready wit, liveliness, Hp.Decent.7, Pl.R.563a, Posidipp.28.5, Cic.Fam.7.32.1, D.S.15.6: pl., pleasantries, Demetr.Eloc.177; defined by Arist. as πεπαιδευμένη ὕβρις, Rh.1389b11, cf. EN1108a24; ἡ περὶ τὰς παιδιὰς καὶ τὰς ὁμιλίας εὐ. Plu.Ant.43.    2 rarely in bad sense, = βωμολοχία, Ep.Eph.5.4.