εὐπετής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=εὐπετές, ([[πίπτω]]) prop. of [[dice]],<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[falling well]]: metaph., [[favourable]], [[fortunate]], A.''Supp.''1011: Gramm., [[τὸ εὐπετές]] = [[good cadence]], [[varia lectio|v.l.]] for [[εὐεπές]], [[Dionysius of Halicarnassus|D.H.]]''[[De Compositione Verborum|Comp.]]''22: generally, [[easy]], [[without trouble]], [[ὁδός]], [[πρόσοδος]], Pl.''Sph.''218d (Comp.), [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''5.2.3 (Sup.), etc.; πάντα δ' εὐπετῆ θεοῖς E.''Ph.''689 (lyr.); οὐδὲν εὐ. τῶν μεγάλων Pl.''R.''365c: c. inf., εὐπετὴς χειρωθῆναι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.120, 145; [[ὀφθῆναι]], [[εἰσακοῦσαι]], Pl.''Sph.''254a, ''R.''494d; also <b class="b3">εὐπετές [ἐστι]</b> [[it is easy]] to... πολλοὺς εὐπετέστερον διαβάλλειν ἢ ἕνα [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.97, cf. A. ''Supp.''995, [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''4.3.13.<br><span class="bld">2</span> Adv. [[εὐπετῶς]], Ion. [[εὐπετέως]], [[favourably]], [[fortunately]], εὐπετῶς ἔχειν A.''Ag.''552; <b class="b3">οὐ χαλεπῶς, ἀλλ' εὐπετῶς</b> [[easily]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.69, cf. 1.189, al.; εὐπετῶς φυλάξασθαι Antipho 3.4.7; εὐπετῶς ἔχειν τι X. ''An.''2.5.23; with numerals, <b class="b3">ἑξακοσίους ἀμφορέας εὐπετῶς χωρέει</b> it [[easily]] holds 600 amphoreis, i.e. [[full]] 600, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.81; <b class="b3">τὸ πλάτος γίνεται τεσσέρων εὐ. δακτύλων</b> comes to [[full]] [[four]] [[finger]]s, Id.1.193: Comp. εὐπετεστέρως Id.3.143; also [[εὐπετέστερον]], φέρειν τὸ νόσημα Hp.''Prog.''6.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of garments and arms, [[easy to wear]], [[light]], [[σάγοι]], [[θυρεοί]], Plb.2.28.7, Plu.''Phil.''9.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of wine, [[easily affected]], Arist.''Pr.''907b16 (Comp.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> of persons, [[contented]], [[accommodating]], E.''Cyc.''526; [[accommodating]], εὐ. [[ἦθος]] D.H.''Pomp.''4.2. Adv. [[εὐπετῶς]], [[φέρειν]] [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]'' 585; [[readily]], Id.''Ichn.''242 (lyr.).