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|Definition=ές, ([[πίνος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[neat]], [[tidy]], οὐδ' [[ἐρημίᾳ]] γυναικὸς [[οἶκος]] εὐπινὴς οὐδ' [[ὄλβιος]] = no [[house]] [[deprive]]d of a [[woman]] can be [[tidy]] and [[prosperous]] E. Melanipp.Capt.Fr.6.11 ([[si vera lectio|s. v.l.]]); so perhaps Cratin.414.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[bright]], [[decorative]], τὸν χαλκὸν… ἔφασαν… λειότερον, εὐπινέστερον, δυσιωτότερόν τε εἶναι τοῦ σιδήρου (therefore preferable in machine-construction) Heliod. ap. Orib.49.3.5 (Comp.), cf. 7: hence metaph., of the style of ancient writers, [[elegant]], [[simple]], [[quaint]], Caesar mihi [[irrideo|irridere]] [[visus]] est '[[quaeso]]' illud tuum, quod erat εὐπινὲς et [[urbanus|urbanum]], Cic.Att. 12.6.3 (Adv. [[εὐπινῶς]] ib.15.17.2); as [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[ἀπηνής]], [[ἁρμονία]] D.H.Comp. 22. (εὐπινής· [[εὐειδής]], πίνος γὰρ τὸ εἶδος, Et.Gud.d, EM395.4: εὐπινές· τὸ ἀφελὲς καὶ μὴ λίαν τετημελημένον, ἀλλὰ μέτριον πίνον ἔχον, Phot.)