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|Definition=ον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[well-aimed]], τῷδ' ἂν εὐστόχῳ πτερῷ (Elmsl. for [[πέτρῳ]]) E.Hel.76; [[ἀκόντιον]] X.Eq.12.13 (Sup.); [[πληγή]] Plb.6.25.9.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[aiming well]], ὅσοι δὲ τόξοις χεῖρ' ἔχουσιν εὔστοχον E.HF195; λόγχαις… εὐστοχώτατοι Id.Ph.140, cf. Fr.321 (Comp.); εὔστοχος τὴν τοξικήν Luc.Nav.33. Adv. [[εὐστόχως]], [[βάλλειν]] X.Cyr.1.4.8; [[εὔστοχα]] [[βάλλειν]], [[τοξεύειν]], Parth.15.1, Luc.Nigr.36: Sup. εὐστοχώτατα D.C. 67.14.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[making good shots]], i.e. [[guessing well]], [[hitting the right nail on the head]], Arist.Div.Somn.464a33; [[shrewd]], Id.Rh. 1412a12, Ephipp.14.1, cj. in Luc.Epigr.45; [[βουλευτήριον]] Com.Adesp. 201; εὔστοχόν τι ἔνεστι τοῖς κακοῖς Pl.Lg.950b; [[εὔστοχος ἐν ἀπαντήσεσιν]] = [[ready]] at [[repartee]], D.L.6.74. Adv. [[εὐστόχως]] Pl.Lg.792d, Arist.PA639a5, Phld.Rh.2.108 S.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[successful]], [[ἄγρη]] Opp.H.3.280; εὐχαί AP9.158.8.