εὔπλαστος
ἄλογον δὴ τὸ μήτε μάχης ἄρξασθαι μήτε τοὺς φίλους φυλάξαι, ἐὰν ὑπό γε τῶν βαρβάρων ἀδικῆσθε → It is irrational neither to begin battle nor to guard the friends, if you are ever wronged by the foreigners
English (LSJ)
ον,
A easy to mould or put into shape, of a broken nose, Hp.Art.39 (Sup.); φύσει ποὺς εὔ. Aristaenet.1.12. 2 easy to mould, ductile, εὐπλαστότερον κηροῦ Pl.R.588d, cf. Ael.NA17.9, Dsc.4.75; φύσις (of sea-water) Arist.GA761a34 (Comp.); ἦθος Pl.Lg.666c (Comp.); of men, impressionable, Arist.Po.1455a33.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1088] 1) gut, leicht zu bilden, zu formen, λόγος κηρο ῦ εὐπλαστότερον Plat. Rep. IX, 588, d; vgl. Ael. H. A. 17, 9; so ἦθος Plat. Legg Il, 666 c; Sp., wie Plut. – 2) gut gebildet, gut erdacht, Arist. poet. 17. – Aber φύσις εὐπλαστοτέρα ist akt., leichter bildend, Arist. gen. an. 3, 11.
