εὐθηνέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[thrive]], [[flourish]], εὐθηνέειν Αἴγυπτον <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.91</span>, <span class="bibl">124</span> codd., cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>2.6</span> codd.; <b class="b3">κτήνεσιν εὐθηνεῖ</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ὁ ὄλβιος</b>) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>30.10</span>; <b class="b3">πρόβατα εὐθηνεῖν</b> may their sheep [[thrive]], <span class="title">SIG</span>526.42 (Crete, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">τὰ κτήνεα εὐθηνεῖν εἰκός</b> prob. in Hp.Aër.12 ([[εὐθύνειν]] codd.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Epid.</span> 6.4.20</span> ([[εὐθυνεῖ]] vulg., εὐθενεῖ Gal.); freq. in LXX (<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Jb.</span>21.9</span>, al.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1118.30</span> (i B.C.), al., <span class="bibl">Ph.1.211</span>, <span class="bibl">2.429</span>:—Pass., Αἴγυπτος καρποῖς ἀφθόνοις εὐθηνεῖτο <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1381.238</span> (ii A.D.). ([[εὐθηνέω]]—Ion. acc. to Zonar.—is freq. [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[εὐθενέω]] (q.v.) and is required by metre in <span class="title">h.Hom.</span> l.c.)</span>