εὐθηνέω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[[thrive]], [[flourish]], εὐθηνέειν Αἴγυπτον Hdt.2.91, 124 codd., cf. X.''Ath.''2.6 codd.; <b class="b3">κτήνεσιν εὐθηνεῖ</b> (''[[sc.]]'' <b class="b3">ὁ ὄλβιος</b>) ''h.Hom.''30.10; <b class="b3">πρόβατα εὐθηνεῖν</b> may their sheep [[thrive]], ''SIG''526.42 (Crete, iii B.C.); <b class="b3">τὰ κτήνεα εὐθηνεῖν εἰκός</b> prob. in Hp.Aër.12 ([[εὐθύνειν]] codd.), cf. ''Epid.'' 6.4.20 ([[εὐθυνεῖ]] vulg., εὐθενεῖ Gal.); freq. in [[LXX]] (''Jb.''21.9, al.), cf. ''BGU''1118.30 (i B.C.), al., Ph.1.211, 2.429:—Pass., Αἴγυπτος καρποῖς ἀφθόνοις εὐθηνεῖτο ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''1381.238 (ii A.D.). ([[εὐθηνέω]]—Ion. acc. to Zonar.—is freq. [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[εὐθενέω]] ([[quod vide|q.v.]]) and is required by metre in ''h.Hom.'' [[l.c.]])