εὐεργής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, (ἔργον) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">well-wrought, well-made</b>, of chariots, εὐεργέος ἔκπεσε δίφρου <span class="bibl">Il.5.585</span>; of ships, <b class="b3">μία δ' ἤγαγε νηῦς εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">24.396</span>, and freq. in Od., cf. <span class="title">IG</span>12.74.27; πηδάλιον <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>629</span>; of garments, ἀμφ' ὤμοισιν ἔχουσ' εὐεργέα λώπην <span class="bibl">Od.13.224</span>; of gold, <b class="b2">wrought</b>, χρυσοῦ . . εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τάλαντα <span class="bibl">24.274</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">well-done</b>: hence in pl., <b class="b3">εὐεργέα</b>, = the Prose <b class="b3">εὐεργεσίαι</b>, <b class="b2">benefits, services</b>, οὐκ ἔστι χάρις μετόπισθ' εὐεργέων <span class="bibl">22.319</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.695</span>; also ἀθάνατοι χαίρουσι βροτῶν εὐεργέσι τιμαῖς <span class="title">Milet.</span>1(7).205b (ii A. D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> = [[εὐεργός]] 11.2, τῷ ψυχρῷ <span class="bibl">Olymp.<span class="title">in Mete.</span>313.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">easy</b>, of a surgical operation, Antyll. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.45.2.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b2">effective</b>, τὴν εὐώνυμον χεῖρα -εστέραν <span class="bibl">Sor.2.61</span>.</span>