εὐπινής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, ([[πίνος]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[neat]], [[tidy]], οὐδ' ἐρημίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος E. <span class="title">Melanipp.Capt.Fr.</span>6.11 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); so perhaps <span class="bibl">Cratin.414</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[bright]], [[decorative]], <b class="b3">τὸν χαλκὸν… ἔφασαν… λειότερον, εὐπινέστερον, δυσιωτότερόν τε εἶναι τοῦ σιδήρου</b> (therefore preferable in machine-construction) Heliod. ap. <span class="bibl">Orib.49.3.5</span> (Comp.), cf. <span class="bibl">7</span>: hence metaph., of the style of ancient writers, [[elegant]], [[simple]], [[quaint]], Caesar mihi irridere visus est '[[quaeso]]' illud tuum, quod erat [[εὐπινὲς]] et urbanum, <span class="bibl">Cic.<span class="title">Att.</span> 12.6.3</span> (Adv. [[εὐπινῶς]] ib.<span class="bibl">15.17.2</span>); as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[ἀπηνής]], [[ἁρμονία]] D.H.<span class="title">Comp.</span> <span class="bibl">22</span>. (εὐπινής· [[εὐειδής]], πίνος γὰρ τὸ εἶδος, Et.Gud.d, EM395.4: <b class="b3">εὐπινές· τὸ ἀφελὲς καὶ μὴ λίαν τετημελημένον, ἀλλὰ μέτριον πίνον ἔχον</b>, Phot.) </span>