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|Definition=fut. εὐπορήσω: aor. εὐπόρησα: pf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> εὐπόρηκα Diph.43.19, etc., ηὐπόρηκα Pl.''Hp.Ma.''297e, Plu.2.403f:—[[prosper]], [[thrive]], <b class="b3">εὐποροῦσι γὰρ οἱ ὀλίγοι</b> [[are]] [[wealthy]], Arist.''Pol.''1280a4, cf. ''SIG''344.116 (Teos, iv B.C.); εὐ. ἀπὸ τῶν πονηροτάτων [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]''2.7.4; οἱ [[εὐποροῦντες]] Amphis 15.6; of things, [[ὅθεν]] ὁ [[πόλεμος]] εὐπορεῖ = [[from]] [[which]] [[source]]s [[war]] [[is]] [[successfully]] [[maintain]]ed, Th.6.34.<br><span class="bld">b</span> c. gen. rei, [[have plenty of]], [[abound in]], χρημάτων Lys.19.25, Antiph.228.2; σίτων X.''HG''1.6.19; [[ῥημάτων]], ὀνομάτων, λόγων, Pl.''Ion''536c, ''Sph.''267d, ''Smp.''209b; ἐφοδίων Plu.''Them.'' 10; <b class="b3">εὐπορέω ἵππων</b> [[gain possession of]]... X.''HG''1.1.10; <b class="b3">εὐπορέω τῆς ἀληθείας</b> [[attain]] [[truth]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''996a16; also [[εὐπορέω]] ἔν τινι Antipho 5.66; τοῖς ἀναγκαίοις Plb.1.17.2.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[find a way]], [[find means]], abs., ὡς ἕκαστοι ηὐπόρησαν Th.6.44, cf.[[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Gorgias|Grg.]]'' 478a: c. inf., to [[be able]] to [[do]], [[ἐπιχειρεῖν]] Arist. ''Top.''102a13 (also [[τοῦ]] πολλὰ λέγειν Pl.''Phdr.''235a); also <b class="b3">εὐπορῶ ὅ τι λέγω</b> I [[have]] [[plenty]] to [[say]], Id.''Ion''532c: c. part., Id.''Lg.''634b; <b class="b3">τοῦτο εὐπορέω</b> to [[be provided with an answer]] on this [[point]], Id.''Euthd.''279a; <b class="b3">οὐκ εὐπορέω ὅπῃ</b>… [[not]] [[to]] [[know]] [[how]] [[to]] [[do]], Id.''Smp.''219e; μᾶλλον εὐπορέω πρὸς τὴν γνῶσιν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''644b28.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c.acc.rei, [[supply]] or [[furnish]], τἀργύριον Is.7.8; δέκα μνᾶς τινι D.33.7; [[procure]], ἄλλοθεν χρήματα Id.40.36; ὅθεν σιτοπομπίας εὐπόρησε τοῖς στρατιώταις Id.23.155; [[bring forward]], ἀποδείξεις D.S.2.31; [[find]] [[available]], <b class="b3">μὴ εὐπορήσας πλοῖον</b> (leg. πλοίων) ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]'' 1068.3 (iii A. D.):—hence in Pass., = intr. Act., [[have plenty of]], [[abound in]], τινος Arist.''Oec.''1347b4; μαθητῶν ''Act.Ap.''11.29; τινι Plb.5.43.8; [[obtain the use of]], πλοίου ''PFlor.''367.8 (iii A. D.): abs., οἱ [[εὐπορούμενοι]] ''SIG''495.66 (Olbia, iii B. C.), cf. Luc.Bis Acc.27, ''PMag.Par.''1.3125:—[[εὐπορηθέν]] in strict pass. sense, [[being furnished]], Ps.-Plu.''Vit.Hom.'' 210.<br><span class="bld">III</span> as Philos. term, opp. [[ἀπορέω]], [[have one's doubts resolved]], [[gain clear knowledge]], Pl.''Men.''80c, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''995a27; εὐ. περί τινος Id.''de An.''403b21.