εὐπρεπής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, ([[πρέπω]]) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[well-looking]], [[comely]], of [[outward]] [[appearance]], [[σχῆμα]] εὐπρεπέστατον <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.60</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">2.37</span>; [<b class="b3">κόσμος] εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>833</span>; <b class="b3">εὐ. ἰδεῖν</b> [[fair]] to [[look]] on, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>192</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.1.22</span>; εἶδος εὐπρεπεστάτη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>269</span> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐκπρεπής]]) ; τὴν ὄψιν <span class="bibl">D.40.27</span>; κοσμοῦντες… οἰκοδομήμασιν εὐπρεπέστερα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>761c</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[decent]], [[seemly]], <b class="b3">ἄνδρα δ' εὐπρεπέστερον</b> (sc. <b class="b3">ἐξελθεῖν ἐστι</b>) <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>664</span>, etc.; οὐ γὰρ εὐ. λέγειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1145</span>; λόγος ἐμοὶ οὐκ εὐπρεπέστερος λέγεσθαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.47</span>; <b class="b3">νόσημα ῥηθῆναι οὐκ εὐ</b>. <span class="bibl">Isoc.12.267</span>; <b class="b3">τελευτὴ εὐπρεπεστάτη</b> a [[most]] [[glorious]] [[end]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.44</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[specious]], [[plausible]], opp. [[ἀληθής]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>951</span>; [[σκῆψις]] εὐπρεπεστάτη <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.72</span>; εὐ. [[αἰτία]] <span class="bibl">Th.6.76</span>; εὐ. [[δειλία]] = [[cowardice]] [[veiled under a fine name]], <span class="bibl">Id.3.82</span>; <b class="b3">μετ' ὀνόματος εὐ</b>. ibid.; ἀπάτῃ εὐπρεπεῖ <span class="bibl">Id.4.86</span>; [[ἐκ τοῦ εὐπρεποῦς]] = [[in pretence]], <span class="bibl">Id.7.57</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ εὐ. τοῦ λόγου</b>, = [[εὐπρέπεια]] ''ΙΙ'', <span class="bibl">Id.3.38</span>,<span class="bibl">44</span>; εὐ. ἦν πρὸς τοὺς πλείους <span class="bibl">Id.8.66</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[εὐπρεπῶς]], Ion. [[εὐπρεπέως]], οὐκ ἔχειν εὐπρεπέως [[ἐκλιπεῖν]] τὴν τάξιν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.220</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>616</span>, etc.; [[with a good pretext]], <span class="bibl">Th.6.6</span>: Comp. εὐπρεπέστερον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>841</span>; [[εὐπρεπεστέρως]] <span class="title">Gloss.</span>: Sup. εὐπρεπέστατα <span class="bibl">Th.8.109</span>.</span>