favourable
ἀναρχία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ πλεισταρχία → the rule of the widest sway of opinion is the same as no rule at all (Gregory Nazianzenus, De vita sua 1744)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
friendly: P. and V. εὔνους, εὐμενής, φίλιος, ἵλεως (sometimes scanned as dissyllable), Ar. and V. φίλος, εὔφρων, πρόφρων, V. πρευμενής, P. εὐνοϊκός.
be favourable to, v.: P. and V. εὐνοεῖν (dat.), P. ἡδέως ἔχειν (dat.).
be favourable (of fortune): V. εὐροεῖν.
favourable to Athens: Ar. and P. φιλαθήναιος.
auspicious: P. and V. καλός, εὔφημος (Plato), εὐτυχής. V. δεξιός, εὐμενής, πρευμενής, Ar. and V. αἴσιος (also Xen. but rare P.).
obtain favourable omens in sacrificing. v.: Ar. and P. καλλιερεῖσθαι.
of wind: P. and V. οὔριος (Thuc. 7, 53; also Plato).
a favourable wind: V. οὖρος, ὁ (also Xen.), P. οὔριος ἄνεμος, ὁ.
if the wind is always favourable: P. ἐὰν ἀεὶ κατὰ πρύμναν ἱστῆται τὸ πνεῦμα (Thuc. 2, 97).
may our voyage be favourable: V. γένοιτο δὲ πλοῦς οὔριος (Sophocles, Philoctetes 779).
favourable for: P. and V. ἐπιτήδειος (dat.), σύμφορος (dat.); see suitable.
when after long negotiations they failed to get a favourable answer from the Athenians: P. ἐπειδὴ ἐξ Ἀθηναίων ἐκ πολλοῦ πράσσοντες οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐπιτήδειον (Thuc. 1, 58).
