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εὔζωστος

From LSJ

Οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιονὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → For health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking

Plutarch, Advice about Keeping Well, section 24
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Transliteration A: eúzōstos Transliteration B: euzōstos Transliteration C: eyzostos Beta Code: eu)/zwstos

English (LSJ)

εὔζωστον, (ζώννυμαι) easily girt, convenient for girding, ᾗ εὐζωστότατος αὐτὸς ἑωυτοῦ ἐστι Hp.Art.14; Glossaria on εὔζωνος, Sch.D Il.1.429.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1066] = εὔζωνος, Erklärung Schol. Il. 1, 429.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

εὔζωστος: -ον, (ζώννυμι) εὐκόλως ζωννύμενος, κατάλληλος πρὸς ζῶσιν, ᾗ εὐζωστότατος αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ Ἱππ. π. Ἄρθρ. 791, πρβλ. Σχολιαστὴν Ἰλ. Α. 429, ἔνθα μεταχειρίζεται τὴν λέξιν πρὸς ἑρμηνείαν τοῦ ἐϋζώνοιο «εὐζώστου, καλῆς καὶ εὐστόλου».

Greek Monolingual

εὔζωστος, -ον (ΑΜ)
μσν.
ζωσμένος, έτοιμος για τον αγώνα, δραστήριος
1. αυτός που ζώνεται εύκολα ή είναι κατάλληλος για ζώσιμο
2. (για γυναίκα) καλά ζωσμένη, κομψή.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ευ + ζωστός (< ζώννυμι)].