εὐστοχία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. εὐστοχίη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">skill in shooting at a mark, good aim</b>, ἐπὶ τόξων εὐστοχίᾳ γάνυται <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>1239</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl">Call. <span class="title">Dian.</span>217</span>, <span class="bibl">Pancrat.<span class="title">Oxy.</span>1085.8</span>; <b class="b3">χερὸς εὐ</b>., periphr. for <b class="b2">a bow</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span> 812</span> (lyr.): in later Prose, <span class="bibl">D.S.5.18</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Id.3.25</span>: metaph., εὐ. καὶροῦ Plu.2.74d. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> metaph., <b class="b2">sagacity, shrewdness</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1142b2</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.18.33.7</span>; <b class="b3">χειρῶν εὐ</b>., of artists, <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span>25</span>, cf. <span class="title">APl.</span>4.310 (Damocharis), etc.; εὐ. μνήμης <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Fr.</span>11</span> H.</span>