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|Definition=impf. ηὕρισκον or εὕρισκον <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>68</span>, etc.: fut. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> εὑρήσω <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span> 302</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.7.67</span>, etc.: aor. 2 εὗρον <span class="bibl">Il.1.498</span>, etc., later [[ηὗρον]] or εὗρον <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Med.</span>553</span>, etc.; 3pl. εὕροσαν <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">De.</span>31.17</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1201.16</span> (i A.D.); imper. [[εὑρέ]] Hdn.Gr.<span class="bibl">2.23</span>; Ep. inf. εὑρέμεναι <span class="bibl">Od.12.393</span>: later aor. 1 εὕρησα <span class="bibl">Man.5.137</span>; [[εὗρα]] [[varia lectio|v.l.]] in <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Luc.</span>8.35</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>5.10</span>, ([[ἐν]]-) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGen.</span>3.19</span> (ii A.D.): pf. εὕρηκα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>546</span>, etc., pf. imper. 2sg. εὕρηκε <span class="bibl">Nausicr.1</span> D.:—Med., fut. εὑρήσομαι <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.9</span>, etc.: aor. 2 εὑρόμην Hom., Att. [[ηὑρ]]- or [[εὑρ]]- <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>269</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.1.58</span>, etc.: aor.1 εὑράμην <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Fr.</span>116.3</span> (testes omnes), <span class="bibl">Str.12.34.4</span>, <span class="bibl">Iamb.<span class="title">VP</span>35.255</span>, <span class="title">AP</span>9.29 (Antiphil.), Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">Paus.6.20.14</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Hebr.</span>9.12</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>3.900 (ii A.D.):—Pass., fut. εὑρεθήσομαι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>108</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IA</span>1105</span>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.9.41</span>: aor. 1 [[ηὑρέθην]] or εὑρέθην <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1135</span>, etc.: pf. [[ηὕρημαι]] or [[εὕρημαι]] <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>743</span> (troch), etc.—Hom. has only aor. Act.and Med., exc. <b class="b3">ἔθ' εὑρίσκω</b> ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[ἐφευρίσκω]]) <span class="bibl">Od.19.158</span>. (Earlier Att. Inscrr. have [[ηὑρέθην]], [[ηὕρημαι]], as <span class="title">IG</span>22.1636.32, al., <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>35 (iv B.C.): εὑρέθην <span class="title">SIG</span>679.80 (Magn. Mae., ii B.C.): the augm. is seldom found in Papyri, ηὕρισκεν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span> 3p.101</span> (iii B. C.); never in those of Men. or Phld.):—[[find]], εὗρεν δ' εὐρύοπα Κρονίδην ἄτερ ἥμενον ἄλλων <span class="bibl">Il.1.498</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">εὕρημα εὑ</b>., v. [[εὕρημα]]. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. part., [[find that]]... εὕρισκε Λακεδαιμονίους… προέχοντας <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.56</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1.5</span>:—and in Pass., ἤν εὑρεθῇς μὴ δίκαιος ὤν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>411</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OT</span>839</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>946</span>: with part. omitted, <b class="b3">ὅταν τοὺς θεοὺς εὕρω κακούς</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὄντας]]) <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ph.</span>452</span>; <b class="b3">εὑρήσει τοσαῦτα ἔτη</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὄντα]]) <span class="bibl">Th.5.26</span>; <b class="b3">θῆλυς εὕρημαι</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[ὤν]]) <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1075</span>; ἄνους ηὑρέθη <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>763</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> c. inf., <b class="b3">εὕρισκε πρῆγμά οἱ εἶναι</b>… [[found]] that the thing for him was... <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.79</span>:—Med., [[εὑρίσκεται]] (sed leg. <b class="b3">εὕρισκέ τε</b>) <b class="b3"> ταῦτα καιριώτατα εἶναι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">125</span>:—Act., also, [[find means]], [[be able]], οὐχ εὑρίσκει χρήσασθαι <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.12.2</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">εὑ. ὅπως</b>… to [[find]] by what means... <span class="bibl">Th.7.67</span>:—Med., c.inf., [[find out]] or [[discover how to]]... ηὕρετο… παύειν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>196</span> (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> Pass., [[εὑρέθη ὅτι]]… [[it was found that]]... <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">1 Es.</span>2.22(26)</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[befall]], of evils, τινα ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span>44.34</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">De.</span>31.17</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[find out]], [[discover]], οὐδέ τι μῆχος εὑρέμεναι δυνάμεσθα <span class="bibl">Od. 12.393</span>; οὐδέ τι τέκμωρ εὑρέμεναι δύνασαι <span class="bibl">4.374</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Il.7.31</span>; εὑ. ὁδόν <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>10.29</span>; ἐξ ἀμηχάνων πόρον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>59</span>; μηχανὴν σωτηρίας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Th.</span> 209</span>; πημάτων ἄρηξιν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>875</span>; τινα ἐμοῦ βελτίονα <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>104</span>, etc.: abs., εὕρηκα Archim. ap. Plu.2.1094c:—Med., εὕρετο τέκμωρ <span class="bibl">Il.16.472</span>; <b class="b3">ὄνομ' εὕρεο</b> [[think of]] a name to give him, <span class="bibl">Od.19.403</span>; εἴ τιν' ἑταίροισιν θανάτου λύσιν… εὑροίμην <span class="bibl">9.422</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> c. inf., [[get a chance of]], [[be able]], ἵνα εὕρωμεν ἐπιστολὴν γράψαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>822.28</span> (ii/iii A.D.), cf. <span class="bibl">17</span>,<span class="bibl">20</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PGrenf.</span>1.64.3</span> (vi A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[devise]], [[invent]], ὀχήματα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span> 468</span>, etc.; πρόφασιν <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.65</span>:—Med., <b class="b3">τὰ δ' ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται</b> [[deeds make themselves words]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>625</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[get]], [[gain]], [[ἀρετάν]], [[δόξαν]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.89</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>2.64</span>; τὰ χρήματ' ἀνθρώποισιν εὑρίσκει φίλους <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>88</span>; ἐξ ὀλβίων ἄζηλον εὑροῦσαι βίον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tr.</span>284</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span> 1107</span> (anap.); δεινὰ δ' εὑροῦσαν πρὸς [[αὐθαίμων]] πάθη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1078</span> (lyr.); ἀφ' ὧν ὄνασιν εὕρωσι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1061</span>; <b class="b3">μέγ' εὑρεῖν κέρδος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1305</span>; εὑ. σωτηρίαν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>321c</span>; <b class="b3">εὑ. μητρὶ φόνον</b> [[bring about]] murder, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>650</span>: abs., [[acquire wealth]], <span class="bibl">[[LXX]] <span class="title">Le.</span>25.47</span>:—Med., [[find]] or [[get for oneself]], [[bring on oneself]], οἷ… αὐτῷ πρώτῳ κακὸν εὕρετο <span class="bibl">Od.21.304</span> (so in Act., μή πού τις ἐπίσπαστον κακὸν εὕρῃ <span class="bibl">24.462</span>); αὐτὸς ηὑρόμην πόνους <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>269</span>; μοῖραν ηὕρετ' ἀσφαλῆ <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1588</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Th.</span>880</span> (lyr.): so in pf. Pass., μέγα πένθος ηὕρηται <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>615</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">εὑρήσεται τιμωρίην</b> will [[get]] for himself, [[obtain]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.148</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">9.26</span>; ἀλεωρήν <span class="bibl">Id.9.6</span>; κλέος <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>3.111</span>; ἄδειαν εὑρόμενος <span class="bibl">And.1.15</span>; ἀτέλειαν <span class="bibl">D.20.1</span>; εὑρίσκεσθαι ὠφελίαν ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">Th.1.31</span>; τι παρά τινος <span class="title">IG</span>12.108.47, <span class="bibl">Lys.13.9</span>; <b class="b3">εὑ. παρά τινος</b> c. inf., [[procure]] from him that... <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.28</span>; δεηθέντες οὐκ ἐδύναντο εὑρέσθαι <span class="bibl">Lys.14.20</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">V</span> especially of [[merchandise]], etc., [[fetch]], [[earn]] money, <b class="b3">εὑροῦσα πολλὸν χρυσίον</b> having [[fetch]]ed a [[large]] [[sum]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.196</span>; ηὗρε πλέον ἢ ἐνενήκοντα τάλαντα <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>3.4.24</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Vect.</span>4.40</span>; <b class="b3">οἰκία εὑρίσκουσα δισχιλίας</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[δραχμάς]]) <span class="bibl">Is.8.35</span>; <b class="b3">ἐγδίδομεν… τοὺς θριγκοὺς… ὅτι ἂν εὕρωσιν</b> for what they [[will fetch]], IG7.3073.7 (Lebad.); <b class="b3">ἐρωτᾶν τί εὑρίσκει</b> what it [[will fetch]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>15.4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the sum or bid which [[secures]] an article or contract, <b class="b3">οἰκέτην… ἀποδίδοται τοῦ εὑρόντος</b> sells [[for what he will fetch]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.5.5</span>; τοῦ ἤδη εὑρίσκοντος ἀπεδίδοτο <span class="bibl">Aeschin.1.96</span>, cf. <span class="title">SIG</span>966.37 (Attica, iv B.C.), 581.99 (Rhodes-Hierapytna, ii B.C.); <b class="b3">ἐκτιθέτωσαν τὸ εὑρίσκον ἐφ' ἡμέρας δέκα</b> the [[highest]] or [[winning]] [[bid]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRev.Laws</span>48.16</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>112vi9</span> (iii B.C.); <b class="b3">προσέβαλον αὐτῷ τοῦ εὑρίσκοντος ἀνὰ</b> (x) [[ἱερεῖα]] (x) I have placed at his disposal ([[x]]) pigs at the [[current price]] of ([[x]]), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PCair.Zen.</span>161.5</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">UPZ</span>114(1).24</span> (ii B.C.).</span>

|btext=<i>impf.</i> ηὕρισκον, <i>f.</i> [[εὑρήσω]], <i>ao.2</i> ηὗρον, <i>pf.</i> ηὕρηκα;<br /><i>Pass. f.</i> εὑρεθήσομαι, <i>ao.</i> ηὑρέθην, <i>pf.</i> ηὕρημαι;<br />trouver, <i>càd</i> :<br /><b>I.</b> [[rencontrer]], [[trouver par hasard]];<br /><b>II.</b> [[trouver en cherchant]] :<br /><b>1</b> [[découvrir]] : εὗρεν Κρονίδην [[ἄτερ]] ἥμενον ἄλλων IL elle trouva le fils de Cronos assis à l'écart loin des autres;<br /><b>2</b> [[imaginer]], [[inventer]];<br /><b>3</b> trouver après réflexion, reconnaître après examen : ἢν εὑρεθῇς μὴ [[δίκαιος]] [[ὤν]] SOPH s'il est reconnu que tu n'as pas été juste ; [[ἄνους]] ηὑρέθη SOPH on a reconnu qu’il avait perdu la raison ; avec une prop. inf., avec [[ὅπως]] <i>ou</i> [[ὥστε]], reconnaître que, juger que;<br /><b>4</b> [[trouver]], [[rencontrer]], [[obtenir]] <i>en b. et en mauv. part</i> : εὑρ. δεινὰ πρὸς [[αὐθαίμων]] [[πάθη]] SOPH recevoir un traitement cruel de ceux qui (nous) sont liés par le sang ; [[εὑρεῖν]] πολλὸν [[χρυσίον]] HDT trouver un bon prix, <i>litt.</i> une grosse somme d'or (d'un objet qu’on vend) ; ἀποδίδοσθαι τοῦ εὑρόντος XÉN vendre pour le prix qu'on trouve, à tout prix;<br /><i><b>Moy.</b></i> [[εὑρίσκομαι]] (<i>f.</i> εὑρήσομαι, <i>ao.2</i> [[εὑρόμην]], <i>postér. ao.</i> [[εὑράμην]] <i>ou</i> [[ηὑράμην]], <i>pf.</i> εὕρημαι);<br /><b>1</b> trouver, rencontrer : τὰ δ’ ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται SOPH <i>litt.</i> tes actions rencontrent mes paroles, ta conduite (envers moi) provoque mes paroles, explique mon langage;<br /><b>2</b> [[trouver]], [[découvrir]] : τιν' ἑταίροισιν θανάτου λύσιν OD un moyen de sauver de la mort ses compagnons;<br /><b>3</b> se procurer à soi-même : [[κακόν]] OD être cause pour soi-même d'un mal ; ὠφέλειαν [[ἀπό]] τινος THC obtenir assistance de qqn ; εὑρ. [[παρά]] τινος avec un inf. HDT obtenir de qqn que, <i>etc.</i><br />'''Étymologie:''' DELG pas d'étym. certaine.

|txtha=[[imperfect]] εὕρισκον (R G T); R G T); Tr WH)) and [[more]] [[rarely]] ηὕρισκον (cf. Kühner, § 343, i. 825f ([[especially]] Veitch, [[under]] the [[word]] at the [[end]]) and references [[under]] [[εὐδοκέω]]); [[future]] [[εὑρήσω]]; [[perfect]] [[εὕρηκα]]; 1st aorist ἑύρησα ([[which]] aorist, [[unknown]] to the earlier Greeks, occurs in [[Aesop]] fab. 131 (f. 41edition Furia, p. 333edition Cor.); Manetho, 5,137 and in Byzantine writings; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 721; Winer's Grammar, 86 (82); (cf. Buttmann, 36 (31))), 2nd aorist [[εὗρον]], 1st [[person]] plural in Alex. [[form]] L WH s Appendix, p. 164; Buttmann, 39 (34); Winer's Grammar, § 13,1 ([[see]] [[ἀπέρχομαι]])) εὕραμεν, T Tr WH, 3rd [[person]] plural εὗραν, Tr WH; Tr (in the Sept. [[often]] εὕροσαν); [[passive]], [[present]] ἑυρίσκομαι; [[imperfect]] 3rd [[person]] [[singular]] εὑρίσκετο, R G, ηὑρίσκετο L T Tr WH (cf. Bleek and Delitzsch at the [[passage]] (Veitch, as [[above]])); 1st aorist [[εὑρέθην]]; [[future]] εὑρεθήσομαι; 2nd aorist [[middle]] ἑυρομην and [[later]] [[εὑράμην]] (Sept. [[numberless]] times for מָצָא, [[sometimes]] for הִשִּׂיג to [[attain]] to, and for Chaldean שְׁכַח; (from Homer down); to [[find]]; i. e.<br /><b class="num">1.</b> [[properly]], to [[come]] [[upon]], [[hit]] [[upon]], to [[meet]] [[with]];<br /><b class="num">a.</b> [[after]] [[searching]], to [[find]] a [[thing]] sought: [[absolutely]], opposed to ζητεῖν, [[ζητεῖ]] [[καί]] εὑρήσεις, [[Epictetus]] diss. 4,1, 51); τινα, [[οὐχ]] εὑρίσκετο, he had [[vanished]], [[πέραν]] [[with]] the genitive ἐν [[with]] the dative εὑρέθη εἰς, εἰς, C. 2); [[with]] the accusative of the [[thing]],, etc.; followed by [[indirect]] [[discourse]], [[οὐχ]] εὑρέθησαν, had [[disappeared]], ἐν [[with]] the dative of [[place]], τινα or τί ζητεῖν [[καί]] [[οὐχ]] εὑρίσκειν: Ald.; Complutensian; γῆ [[καί]] τά ἐν αὐτῇ ἔργα εὑρεθήσεται shall be [[found]] [[namely]], for [[destruction]], i. e. [[will]] be [[unable]] to [[hide]] [[themselves]] from the [[doom]] decreed [[them]] by God, Tr WH, [[after]] the [[strange]] [[but]] [[improbable]] [[reading]] of manuscripts א B and [[other]] authorities; ([[see]] WH. Introductory § 365 and Appendix at the [[passage]]).<br /><b class="num">b.</b> [[without]] [[previous]] [[search]], to [[find]] (by [[chance]]), to [[fall]] in [[with]]: τινα, ἐν [[with]] the dative of [[place]], τί, ἐν, [[with]] the dative of [[place]], [[εὑρίσκω]] τινα or τί [[with]] a [[predicate]] accusative is used of those [[who]] [[come]] or [[return]] to a [[place]], the [[predicate]] participle or adjective describing the [[state]] or [[condition]] in [[which]] the [[person]] or [[thing]] met [[with]] is [[found]], or the [[action]] [[which]] [[one]] is [[found]] [[engaged]] in: [[with]] an adjective, Buttmann, 301 (258)), [[καθώς]], [[ὄντα]] [[must]] be supplied, Winer's Grammar, § 45,6b.; Buttmann, 304 (261)).<br /><b class="num">2.</b> tropically, "to [[find]] by [[inquiry]], [[thought]], [[examination]], [[scrutiny]], [[observation]], [[hearing]]; to [[find]] [[out]] by [[practice]] and [[experience]]," i. e. to [[see]], [[learn]], [[discover]], [[understand]]: κατηγορίαν, T Tr [[text]] WH κατηγορεῖν); τινα followed by participle in the [[predicate]], [[ὅτι]], [[πειράζειν]]), τινα (τί) [[with]] a [[predicate]] adjective (participle), αἰτίαν θανάτου, αἰτίαν, [[κακόν]], [[ἀδίκημα]] ἐν τίνι, τό τί ποιήσωσι, τό [[πῶς]] κολάσωνται αὐτούς, ἑυρίσκομαι to be [[found]], i. e. to be [[seen]], be [[present]]: נִמְצָא to be discovered, recognized, detected, to [[show]] [[oneself]] [[out]], of [[one]]'s [[character]] or [[state]] as [[found]] [[out]] by others (men, God, or [[both]]) (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 65,8): εὑρέθη ἐν γαστρί ἔχουσα, [[ἵνα]] εὑρεθῶσι [[καθώς]] [[καί]] [[ἡμεῖς]], εὑρέθη μοι ἡ [[ἐντολή]] εἰς θάνατον [[namely]], [[οὖσα]], the commandment, as I [[found]] by [[experience]], brought [[death]] to me, τίνι, the dative of the [[person]] [[taking]] cognizance and judging (Winer's Grammar, § 31,10; Buttmann, 187 (162)), Buttmann, the [[passage]] cited and § 133,14; Winer's Grammar, § 31,4a.); [[ἵνα]] εὑρεθῶ ἐν [[αὐτῷ]] i. e. ἐν Χριστῷ, [[namely]], ὤν, σχήματι εὑρεθείς ὡς [[ἄνθρωπος]], Josephus, b. j. 3,6, 1; so the Latin incenior, [[Cicero]], de amic. 19,70; reperior, Tuscul. i. 39,94). εὑρίσκειν Θεόν (opposed to ζητεῖν αὐτόν, [[see]] [[ζητέω]], 1c. (cf. [[ἐκζητέω]], a.)), to [[get]] [[knowledge]] of, [[come]] to [[know]], God, εὑρίσκεται (ὁ Θεός) τίνι, discloses the [[knowledge]] of [[himself]] to [[one]], [[Philo]], [[monarch]]. i. § 5; Origen contra Celsus 7,42). On the [[other]] [[hand]], in the O. T. εὑρίσκεται ὁ Θεός is used of God [[heaving]] [[prayer]], granting [[aid]] implored ([[εὑρέθην]] (L and Tr in brackets WH marginal [[reading]] [[add]] ἐν) τοῖς [[ἐμέ]] μή ζητοῦσι, I granted the [[knowledge]] and [[deliverance]] of the gospel.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> Middle, as in Greek writings, to [[find]] for [[oneself]], to [[acquire]], [[get]], [[obtain]], [[procure]]: λύτρωσιν, Buttmann, 193 (167); Winer's Grammar, 18; 33 (32) n.): [[τήν]] ψυχήν, ἀνάπαυσιν, (ταῖς ψυχαῖς [[ὑμῶν]], μετανοίας τόπον, [[place]] for recalling the [[decision]], changing the [[mind]] (of his [[father]]), Winer's Grammar, 147 (139)); [[σκήνωμα]] τῷ Θεῷ, [[opportunity]] of [[building]] a [[house]] for God, [[χάριν]] εὕρωμεν, [[grace]], favor, [[χάριν]] [[παρά]] τῷ Θεῷ, [[ἐνώπιον]], τοῦ Θεοῦ, [[ἔλεος]] [[παρά]] κυρίου, בֲּעֵינֵי חֵן מָצָא, [[ἀνευρίσκω]].)

|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> to [[find]], Hom., etc.:—c. [[part]]. to [[find]] that, Hdt.; and in Pass., ἢν εὑρεθῆις [[δίκαιος]] ὤν Soph.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. inf., εὕρισκε πρῆγμά οἱ [[εἶναι]] [[found]] that the [[thing]] for him was, Hdt.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> to [[find]] out, [[discover]], Hom., etc.; cf. [[εὕρημα]] II:—so in Mid. to [[find]] out for [[oneself]], Od.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> to [[devise]], [[invent]], Aesch., etc.:—Mid., τὰ δ' ἔργα τοὺς λόγους εὑρίσκεται deeds make [[themselves]] words, i. e. [[speak]] for [[themselves]], Soph.<br /><b class="num">IV.</b> to [[find]], get, [[gain]], [[procure]], Pind., Soph., etc.:—Mid. to get for [[oneself]], [[bring]] on [[oneself]], κακὸν [[εὕρετο]] Od.; αὐτὸς [[εὑρόμην]] πόνους Aesch.<br /><b class="num">V.</b> of [[merchandise]], to [[find]] a purchaser, to [[fetch]], [[earn]], πολλὸν [[χρυσίον]] εὑροῦσα having fetched a [[large]] sum, Hdt.; ἀποδίδοται τοῦ εὑρόντος sells for [[what]] it [[will]] [[fetch]], Xen.