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εὑρησίλογος

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Full diacritics: εὑρησῐλογος Medium diacritics: εὑρησίλογος Low diacritics: ευρησίλογος Capitals: ΕΥΡΗΣΙΛΟΓΟΣ
Transliteration A: heurēsílogos Transliteration B: heurēsilogos Transliteration C: evrisilogos Beta Code: eu(rhsi/logos

English (LSJ)

ον, A ingenious in argument, sophistical, Corn.ND31: Sup., D.L.4.37. —εὑρησι- is freq. in Pap. in this group of words, e.g. PRein.14.23, 15.21 (ii B.C.), Phld.Rh.1.207 S., etc.; εὑρεσι- first in Pap. of iv A.D., POxy.71 i 9 (corr. fr. εὑρησι-), PMasp.153.32 (vi A.D.), etc., f.l. in Plb.18.46.3, Ph.ll.cc. (εὑρης- v.l. 1.628), etc.

Greek Monolingual

εὑρησίλογος και εὑρεσίλογος, -ον (ΑΜ)
ικανός να εφευρίσκει, να πλάθει μύθους
αρχ.
ικανός, επιτήδειος στο να βρίσκει έξυπνα επιχειρήματα για κάτι.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < ευρησι- (< ευρίσκω, πρβλ. ευρησι-επής) + λόγος (< λέγω). Σύνθ. του τύπου τερψίμβροτος. Ο τ. ευρεσί-λογος είναι μτγν.].