εὐρύς: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">εὐρεῖα, εὐρύ</b>, Ion. fem. <b class="b3">εὐρέᾰ</b> (not <b class="b3">εὐρέη</b>) <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.178</span>, cf. Theoc. <span class="bibl">7.78</span>; Aeol. fem. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> εὔρηα Alc.<span class="title">Supp.</span>12.5: gen. <b class="b3">εὐρέος, είας, έος</b>: acc. sg. <b class="b3">εὐρύν</b>, (in Hom.) sts. <b class="b3">εὐρέᾰ</b> (v. infr.): gen. <b class="b3">εὐρέος</b> as fem., <span class="bibl">Asius 13</span>, <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">C.</span>3.323</span>: so nom. pl. εὐρέες <span class="title">AP</span>9.413 (Antiphil.):—<b class="b2">wide, broad</b>, οὐρανὸν εὐρύν <span class="bibl">Il.3.364</span>, al.; εὐρεῖα χθών <span class="bibl">4.182</span>, al.; εὐρέα πόντον <span class="bibl">6.291</span>; εὐρέα κόλπον <span class="bibl">18.140</span>, al.; εὐ. σχεδίη <span class="bibl">Od.5.163</span>; ὦμοι <span class="bibl">Il.3.210</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.18.68</span>,al. (Comp. εὐρύτερος δ' ὤμοισιν ἰδὲ στέρνοισιν ἰδέσθαι <span class="bibl">Il.3.194</span>); μετάφρενον <span class="bibl">10.29</span>; σάκος <span class="bibl">11.527</span>; τεῖχος <span class="bibl">12.5</span>; ὁδὸς εὐρυτέρη <span class="bibl">23.427</span>; <b class="b3">εὐρὺν ἀγῶνα</b> (v. <b class="b3">ἀγών</b>) <b class="b3">; κατά, ἀνά, μετὰ στρατὸν εὐρὺν Ἀχαιῶν</b>, <span class="bibl">1.229</span>,<span class="bibl">384</span>,<span class="bibl">478</span>: freq. in Ep. and Lyr., rare in Trag. (exc. in lyr.); in iambic trimeters, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>921</span>; ποιεῖν τὸν δῆμον εὐρὺν καὶ στενόν <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Eq.</span>720</span>; not common in Prose (never in Papyri), εὐ. τάφρος <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.178</span>; <b class="b3">κόθορνοι εὐρύτατοι</b> <b class="b2">loose</b> boots, <span class="bibl">Id.6.125</span>; οἰκίαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>4.5.25</span>; οὔτ' εὐρεῖα οὔτε στενὴ διαφυγή <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>737a</span>; <b class="b3">φλέβες εὐρύτεραι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">λεπτότεραι</b>, <span class="bibl">Diog.Apoll.6</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>66d</span>; πόροι <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">CP</span>3.11.2</span>; κατὰ στενότερα καὶ εὐρύτερα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>111d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">far-reaching, far-spread</b>, κλέος εὐρύ <span class="bibl">Od.23.137</span>; κληδών <span class="bibl">Simon.84.6</span>; εὐ. ἐλπίδες <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Adv.: the neut. <b class="b3">εὐρύ</b> is used as positive, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>13.24</span>; cf. <b class="b3">εὐρυκρείων, εὐρυρέων</b>: Comp. εὐρυτέρως, ἔχειν <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Lys.</span>419</span>. (Skt. <b class="b2">urú</b>- 'wide', Comp. <b class="b2">várīyān</b>.) </span>