εὐπορία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, ([[εὔπορος]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[ease]], [[facility]], of doing a thing, c. inf., Emp.100.5; ναῦς εὐ. ἦν ποιεῖσθαι Th.4.52: abs., ὅτε πολλὴ ὑμῖν εὐπορία φαίνεται X.''An.''7.6.37: c. gen. rei, [[easy means of providing]], τοῦ βίου Pl.''Prt.''321e; τοῦ καθ' ἡμέραν Th.3.82; also <b class="b3">εὐπορία ἐν τῇ τέχνῃ, εὐπορία ἐκ τῆς τέχνης</b>, Lys.24.5; εὐ. τῆς τύχης Th.3.45; <b class="b3">εὐπορίαν τῇ βδελυρίᾳ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ τοὺς συμμάχους ποιεῖσθαι</b> to make them a [[means]] of [[satisfying]] his [[brutal]] [[passion]]s, Aeschin.1.107; <b class="b3">ἡ παρ' ἀλλήλων εὐπορία</b> [[mutual]] [[assistance]], Isoc.6.67.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[plenty]], [[abundance]], opp. [[πενίη]], Democr. 101; χρημάτων X.''HG''4.8.28; ἀγαθῶν [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''1091b26; <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ τὸν βίον εὐπορία</b> Isoc.12.7; <b class="b3">ἡ περὶ τὴν οὐσίαν εὐπορία</b> Arist.''Pol.''1326b34: abs., [[welfare]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''3.3.7; opp. [[ἀπορία]], Arist.''Pol.''1279b27: in plural, [[advantage]]s, Isoc.15.253, D.5.8; εὐπορίαι προσόδων Arist.''Pol.''1293a3; <b class="b3">ἀρουραίη εὐπορία</b> [[rustic]] [[wealth]], AP9.373.6; <b class="b3">μιῆς ὄϊος καὶ βοὸς εὐ.</b> [[consist]]ing of one [[sheep]] or [[ox]], ib.149 (Antip.); ἡ Εὐπορία θεά ''SIG''1111 (Piraeus, iii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> opp. [[ἀπορία]], [[solution of doubts]] or [[solution of difficulties]], Pl.''Phlb.'' 15c; opp. [[ἀμηχανία]], X.''Oec.''9.1; ἡ ὕστερον εὐ. [[λύσις]] τῶν πρότερον ἀπορουμένων [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]''995a29; [[resourcefulness]], Hp.''Off.''7.