εὐτράπελος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, (τρέπω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[easily turning]] or [[changing]], of the Athenians, <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">VH</span>5.13</span>; [[nimble]], of apes, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">NA</span>5.26</span>; in earlier Gr. always metaph., <b class="b3">λόγος εὐ</b>. [[a dexterous]], [[ready]] plea, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>469</span> (lyr.). Adv. -λως [[dexterously]], [[readily]], [[without awkwardness]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.41</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of persons, [[ready with an answer]] or [[repartee]], [[witty]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1108a24</span>, <span class="bibl">1128a10</span>; εὐ. παρὰ τὰς συνουσίας <span class="bibl">Plb.23.5.7</span>; <b class="b3">τίτθη εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>7.227a</span>: Sup., <span class="bibl">Plb.9.23.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> in bad sense, [[jesting]], [[ribald]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.7.49</span>; <b class="b3">εὐτράπελόν ἐστι</b> c. acc. et inf., it is [[ludicrous]] that... Plu.2.1062b. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[tricky]], [[dishonest]], v.l. in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.105</span>; <b class="b3">εὐ. κέρδη</b> [[time-serving]] arts, of flatterers, ib.<span class="bibl">1.92</span>.</span>