εὔστοχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[well-aimed]], <b class="b3">τῷδ' ἂν εὐστόχῳ πτερῷ</b> (Elmsl. for [[πέτρῳ]]) <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>76</span>; ἀκόντιον <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>12.13</span> (Sup.); πληγή <span class="bibl">Plb.6.25.9</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[aiming well]], <b class="b3">ὅσοι δὲ τόξοις χεῖρ' ἔχουσιν εὔ</b>. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>195</span>; λόγχαις… -ώτατοι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>140</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span>321</span> (Comp.); εὔ. τὴν τοξικήν <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nav.</span>33</span>. Adv. -χως, βάλλειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>1.4.8</span>; <b class="b3">εὔστοχα βάλλειν, τοξεύειν</b>, <span class="bibl">Parth.15.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Nigr.</span>36</span>: Sup. -ώτατα <span class="bibl">D.C. 67.14</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[making good shots]], i.e. <b class="b2">guessing well, hitting the right nail on the head</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Div.Somn.</span>464a33</span>; [[shrewd]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 1412a12</span>, <span class="bibl">Ephipp.14.1</span>, cj. in Luc.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>45; βουλευτήριον <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span> 201; εὔστοχόν τι ἔνεστι τοῖς κακοῖς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>950b</span>; <b class="b3">εὔ. ἐν ἀπαντήσεσιν</b> [[ready]] at repartee, <span class="bibl">D.L.6.74</span>. Adv. -χως <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>792d</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">PA</span>639a5</span>, Phld.<span class="title">Rh.</span>2.108 S. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[successful]], ἄγρη <span class="bibl">Opp.<span class="title">H.</span>3.280</span>; εὐχαί <span class="title">AP</span>9.158.8.</span>

|mltxt=-η, -ο (ΑΜ [[εὔστοχος]], -ον)<br /><b>1.</b> αυτός που χτυπάει τον στόχο του με [[επιτυχία]] («εὔστοχον [[ὅπλον]]»)<br /><b>2.</b> ο [[ευφυής]], ο [[έξυπνος]]<br /><b>3.</b> αυτός που συμπεραίνεται ή υπολογίζεται σωστά<br /><b>4.</b> <b>το ουδ. ως ουσ.</b> <i>το εύστοχο</i>(<i>ν</i>)<br />η [[ευστοχία]]<br /><b>νεοελλ.</b><br />αυτός που συντελεί σε [[επιτυχία]], ο [[κατάλληλος]], ο [[ακριβής]], ο επιτυχημένος («εὐστοχη [[ενέργεια]]»)<br /><b>αρχ.</b><br />[[γεμάτος]] [[επιτυχία]], [[ευτυχής]], [[ασφαλής]]. <br /><b>επίρρ.</b><i>..</i><br /><i>ευστόχως</i> και <i>εύστοχα</i> (ΑΜ εὐστόχως, Α και εὔστοχα)<br /><b>1.</b> με [[επιτυχία]] («οὐ μὴν πάντες εὔστοχα τοξεύουσι», <b>Λουκιαν.</b>)<br /><b>2.</b> σωστά<br /><b>3.</b> [[επιδέξια]].<br />[<b><span style="color: brown;">ΕΤΥΜΟΛ.</span></b> <span style="color: red;"><</span> <i>ευ</i> <span style="color: red;">+</span> [[στόχος]].