εὐφροσύνη: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. [[ἐϋφροσύνη]], ἡ, ([[εὔφρων]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[mirth]], [[merriment]], γέλω τε καὶ εὐφροσύνην παρέχουσαι Od.20.8, cf. 10.465, etc.; especially of a [[banquet]], [[good cheer]], [[festivity]], <b class="b3">οὐ… τί φημι χαριέστερον εἶναι ἢ ὅτ' ἐϋφροσύνη μὲν ἔχῃ κατὰ δῆμον ἅπαντα κτλ</b>. 9.6, cf. ''h.Merc.''449, 482, etc.; κρατὴρ μεστὸς ἐϋφροσύνης Xenoph.1.4: pl., <b class="b3">σφισι θυμὸς αἰὲν ἐϋφροσυνῃσιν ἰαίνεται</b> is [[cheer]]ed with [[glad]] [[thought]]s, Od.6.156; [[festivities]], A.''Pr.'' 539, E.''Ba.''377 (both lyr.), etc.: chiefly ''poet.'', used by [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''8.1.32, ''Ages.''9.4 (pl.): in sg., Id.''Cyr.''3.3.7, Pl.''Ti.''80b; <b class="b3">ἡ χαρὰ καὶ ἡ εὐφροσύνη</b> Epicur. ''Fr.''2: also in later Prose, [[LXX]] ''Ge.''31.27, al., ''Act.Ap.''2.28, Diogenian. Epicur.4.50, ''PLips.''119 ii 1 (iii A. D.), etc.; εὐ. ψυχῆς οἶνος πινόμενος [[LXX]] ''Si.''34.28 (31.36).<br><span class="bld">II</span> pr. n., [[Euphrosyne]], one of the Graces, Hes.''Th.''909, etc.