εὔκρατος
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English (LSJ)
Ion. εὔκρητος, ον, (κεράννυμι)
A well-tempered, temperate, E.Fr.772; ἐγκέφαλος Democr. ap. Thphr.Sens.56; ἀήρ Pl.Ax.371d; ὥρα Arist.GA752b30; εὔκρατον ποιεῖ τὴν θερμότητα Id.PA652b26; of countries, D.S.1.10; τόποι Ath.Med. ap. Orib.9.12.5 (Sup.); οἰκήσεις Plb.34.1.8 (Comp.); οἶκος Aret.CA1.1; of the temperate zone, Stoic.2.195, etc.; μεῖξις Chrysipp.ib.219; of liquids, tempered, lukewarm, ὕδωρ IG5(1).1390.108 (Andania), cf. Gal.6.101, etc.; of wine, mixed for drinking, Arist.Pr.874a28. 2 metaph., temperate, mild, ὀλιγαρχία Id.Pol.1320b21; τὸ εὔ. τοῦ ἤθους M.Ant.1.15; Κύπρις AP 6.208 (Antip.Thess.): in Astrol., of beneficent planetary in fluences, Gal.9.911. 3 in Lit. Crit., εὔ. ἁρμονία, ἑρμηνεία, mixed style, D.H. Comp.21 (v.l. κοινή), Dem.3; συνθήκη ὀνομάτων Luc.Hist.Conscr. 46. II of persons, εὔκρητοι πρὸς ἅπαντας (cf. εὐκράς (A) 3) Hp. Decent.3. III Adv. -τως temperately, ἀνδρείως καὶ εὐ. Phld.Herc. 1251.14; temperately, Gal.1.342. 2 εὐ. ἔχειν to be temperate, of climate, Cleom.1.2; to be lukewarm, Artem.1.64.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1076] wohl gemischt, gut temperirt, ἀήρ, neben οὔτε χεῖμα σφοδρὸν οὔτε θάλπος ἐγγίγνεται, Plat. Ax. 371 d; vom Klima, wie D. Sic. 1, 10 u. Medic., bei denen εὔκρατον lauwarmes Getränk bedeutet; οἶνος, Arist. probl. 3, 18 u. Poll. 6, 23; übertr., gemäßigt, ὀλιγαρχία, Arist. polit. 6, 6; τοῦ ἤθους τὸ εὔκρατον, die Sanftmuth, M. Anton. 1, 15. – Adv. εὐκράτως, Medic. u. a. Sp.
