εὐμενής
πρὸ συντριβῆς ἡγεῖται ὕβρις → pride goeth before destruction, pride comes before a fall, pride goes before a fall, pride goeth before a fall, pride wenteth before a fall, pride cometh before a fall, pride comes before the fall
English (LSJ)
ές, (μένος)
A well-disposed, kindly, τινι to one, epith. of gods, h.Hom. 22.7 (not in Il. or Od.), Pi.P.2.25, A.Supp.686 (lyr.), cf. X.HG6.4.2; ἵλεως καὶ εὐ. Id.Cyr.1.6.2, Theoc.5.18; Ἑρμῆς IGRom.1.1228 (Egypt, ii A. D.); τὸ τῶν θεῶν εὐ. D.4.45. 2 of men, A. Pers.175 (troch.), Supp.488 (Comp.); πόλει S.Ant.212, etc.; εὐ. πρός τι well-disposed for it, Plu.Luc.42; τὸ εὐ., = εὐμένεια, Pl.Lg.792e; ξεῖνος δὲ ξείνῳ . . -έστατον πάντων Hdt.7.237: in Dor. Prose, Schwyzer 84 (Argos, v B. C.). 3 of actions, etc., εὐμενεῖ τύχα, νόῳ, Pi.O.14.15, P.8.18; εὐ. ὀλολυγμός signifying goodwill, friendly, A.Th. 268. 4 of places and things, γῆ εὐ. ἐναγωνίσασθαι favourable to fight in, Th.2.74; εὐμενεῖ ποτῷ (of a river) kindly, bounteous, A. Pers.487; of the air, mild, soft, Thphr.CP2.1.6; so of medicines, beneficial, ὑποχονδρίῳ καὶ σπλάγχνοισιν Hp.Acut.59, cf.Aret.CA1.3; but also, agreeable, [κόμμι]-έστερον κόλλης Hp.Art.33; of a road, easy, X.An.4.6.12 (Comp.). II Adv. -νῶς, Ion. -έως, A.Ag.952, Pl. Phd.89a, A.R.2.1275, etc.: Comp.-έστερον E.Hel.1298, Pl.Lg.718d; also -εστέρως Isoc.4.43, D.H.Rh.5.
