εὐθετέω
μή, φίλα ψυχά, βίον ἀθάνατον σπεῦδε, τὰν δ' ἔμπρακτον ἄντλει μαχανάν → Oh! my soul do not aspire to eternal life, but exhaust the limits of the possible. | Do not yearn, O my soul, for immortal life! Use to the utmost the skill that is yours. | Do not, my soul, strive for the life of the immortals, but exhaust the practical means at your disposal.
English (LSJ)
A to be suitable, convenient, εὐθετεῖ πᾶσι χρῆσθαι for all to use, Thphr. HP5.7.4; εὐ. εἴς τι D.S.2.41,48; to be timely, opportune, Orph. Fr.272; of an epithet, to be suitable, Sch.Il. Oxy.1086.110; so of food, Diocl. Fr.141; of bandages, Gal. 18(1).789, al.; λιμένας . . ταῖς μακραῖς ναυσὶν εὐθετοῦντας D.S.5.12: f.l. in Thphr. HP1.1.3 codd. II trans., set in order, ἕκαστα Luc. DDeor.24.1 (v.l. for εὐθετίσαντα), cf. SIG1240 (ii A.D.); [τὰς τρίχας] Ar. Fr.782; adorn, εὐ. ἑαυτήν D.C.51.13; lay out a corpse, Id.40.49, cf. Phryn. PS p.71 B.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὐθετέω: εἶμαι εὔθετος, κατάλληλος, εὐθετεῖ πᾶσι χρῆσθαι Θεοφρ. π. Φυτ. Ἱστ. 5. 7. 4· εὐθ. εἴς τι Διόδ. 2. 41. 48: μετὰ δοτ., λιμένας... οὐ μόνον τοῖς ἐμπόροις, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταῖς μακραῖς ναυσὶν εὐθετοῦντας αὐτόθι 5. 12. ΙΙ. μεταβ., τακτοποιῶ, βάλλω εἰς τάξιν, Λουκ. Θεῶν Διάλ. 24. 1 (διάφ. γραφ. εὐθετίσαντα), Δίων. Κ. 40. 49· εὐθ. ἑαυτὴν ὁ αύτ. 51. 13· «εὐθετεῖν νεκρόν· τὸ εὖ κοσμεῖν ἐν τάφοις νεκρὸν» A. B. 40.
