ἐσθλός: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ή, όν, Aeol. [[ἔσλος]] Sapph.28, Alc.96: Dor. [[ἐσλός]], ά, όν, Pi.P.8.73, etc. (never in B.); Arc. [[ἑσλός]] Inscr.Olymp.266 (v B. C.): Comp. and Sup. [[ἐσθλότερος]], [[ἐσθλότατος]], AP9.156 (Antiphil.), 6.240 (Phil.): —poet. Adj.,<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[ἀγαθός]], [[good]] of his kind, ἐ. ἐν σταδίῃ Il.15.283: later c. inf., A.R.1.106, etc.: hence<br><span class="bld">I</span> of persons, [[brave]], [[stout]], ἐσθλὸν ἐνὶ προμάχοισι Il.4.458, etc.; opp. [[δειλός]], Hes.Op.214; [[noble]], opp. [[κακός]], οὔ τινα γὰρ τίεσκον..οὐ κακὸν οὐδὲ μὲν ἐ. Od.22.415; πένιχρος οὐδεὶς πέλετ' ἔσλος οὐδὲ τίμιος Alc.49; τόκηες Id.Supp.25.12; εἴτ' εὐγενὴς πέφυκας εἴτ' ἐσθλῶν κακή S.Ant.38; ἐσθλοῦ πατρὸς παῖς Id.Ph.96; ἀπ' ἐσθλῶν δωμάτων E.Andr.772 (lyr.), etc.; of [[horse]]s, [[well-bred]], Il.23.348.<br><span class="bld">2</span> morally [[good]], [[faithful]], φίλος S.OT611; εἰς ἡμᾶς γεγώς Id.El.24; τινι Naumach. ap. Stob.4.23.7; κύνα ἐσθλὴν ἐκείνῳ, πολεμίαν τοῖς δύσφροσιν A.Ag.608.<br><span class="bld">3</span> like [[ἐΰς]] and [[φίλος]], weakened almost to a possess. pron., ἐσθλὸν ἀνεψιὸν ἐξεναρίξας Il.16. 573, cf. 5.469, Od.3.379.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of things, [[good]] of their kind, [[φάρμακον|φάρμακα]], [[κτήμα]]τα, [[κειμήλιον|κειμήλια]], Il.11.831, Od.2.312, Il.9.330, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of mind, qualities, etc., νόος Od.7.73; βουλή Il.9.76; ἔπος 1.108; κλέος 5.3, Pi.P.4.175: freq. in neut. pl., μυρί'..ἐσθλὰ ἔοργε Il.2.272; ἔσθλ' ἀγορεύοντες, κακὰ δὲ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον Od.17.66; ἔσλων ἢ κάλων Sapph.28, cf. Supp.2.4.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[fortunate]], [[lucky]], ὄρνιθες Od. 24.311; ὕπαρ 19.547; χάρματα Pi.O.2.19; γάμοι E.IA609; τύχη S.OC1506; ἀράσαντο πάμπαν ἔσλα τῷ γάμβρῳ Sapph.51.4; [[ἐσθλόν]], τό, [[good luck]], [[prosperity]], opp. [[κακόν]], Il.24.530; παρὰ καὶ κακῷ ἐσθλὸν ἔθηκεν Od.15.488; ἐσλὸν βαθύ Pi.O.12.12.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Subst. [[ἐσθλά]], τά, [[goods]], πυρὴν ἐμπλησέμεν ἐσθλῶν Od.10.523; εἴ τις ἐσλὰ πέπαται Pi. P.8.73.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[ἐσθλόν]], [[ἐσθλόν ἐστι]] c. inf., [[it is good]], it is [[expedient]] to.., Il.24.301: also pl., οὐ γὰρ ἐσθλὰ.. [[κερτομέειν]] Archil.64.—Poet. word, used by X.Cyr.1.5.9, Chrysipp.Stoic.3.60, Luc.Syr.D.19 (Ion.), etc.