εὖ
eu
well
Appears 348 times across Aristotle's works.
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Nicomachean Ethics 98 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 13 ▸
Chapter 4 1095a14–1095b13
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21
Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 1 1103a14–1103b25
Chapter 4 1105a17–1105b18
Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26
Book III 2 ▸
Book IV 13 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35
Book V 2 ▸
Chapter 5 1132b21–1134a16
Book VI 12 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30
Chapter 8 1141b23–1142a30
Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33
Chapter 10 1142b34–1143a18
Book VIII 11 ▸
Chapter 8 1159a12–1159b24
Chapter 11 1161a10–1161b10
Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33
Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23
Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28
Book IX 16 ▸
Chapter 2 1164b22–1165a35
Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27
Chapter 10 1170b20–1171a20
Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28
Book X 3 ▸
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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Rhetoric 64 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 21 ▸
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Chapter 14 1374b24–1375a21
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 21 ▸
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15
Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15
Book III 22 ▸
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19
Chapter 5 1407a19–1407b25
Chapter 10 1410b6–1411b21
Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20
Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39
Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8
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Eudemian Ethics 47 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 7 ▸
Chapter 3 1214b28–1215a19
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book II 7 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11
Chapter 11 1227b12–1228a19
Book III 3 ▸
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14
Book VII 24 ▸
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
Book VIII 6 ▸
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Politics 37 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 6 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39
Chapter 4 1253b23–1254a16
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18
Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24
Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30
Book III 7 ▸
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32
Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40
Book IV 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29
Chapter 9 1294a30–1294b41
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12
Book V 3 ▸
Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25
Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32
Book VI 3 ▸
Book VII 12 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32
Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25
Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33
Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11
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Topics 28 ▸
Open Topics › Book I 5 ▸
Book II 12 ▸
Book III 4 ▸
Book VI 3 ▸
Book VIII 4 ▸
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Metaphysics 19 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 2 ▸
Book Δ 3 ▸
Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3
Book Θ 5 ▸
Chapter 2 1046a36–1046b28
Chapter 6 1048a25–1048b36
Book Λ 5 ▸
Chapter 7 1072a19–1073a13
Chapter 9 1074b15–1075a10
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4
Book Ν 4 ▸
Chapter 6 1092b26–1093b29
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History of Animals 9 ▸
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Generation of Animals 7 ▸
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Poetics 7 ▸
Open Poetics › Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20
Chapter 7 1450b21–1451a15
Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39
Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32
Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16
Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19
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De Anima 5 ▸
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Parts of Animals 5 ▸
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Oeconomica 4 ▸
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On the Heavens 3 ▸
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De Mundo 3 ▸
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Physiognomonics 2 ▸
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Physics 2 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 1 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1 ▸
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Movement of Animals 1 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
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Mechanica 1 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 1 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
εὖ, Ep. also ἐΰ Od. 1.302, etc., cf. A.D. Adv. 200.20: Adv. (prop. neut. of ἐΰς):—Α. well, opp. κακῶς (as in Th. 4.63), Hom., etc. I. of knowledge or action, well, thoroughly, competently, εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω, εὖ δʼ ἀσπίδα θέσθω Il. 2.382; εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένως κέασαν ξύλα Od. 20.161; τὴν πόλιν κοσμέων καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ Hdt. 1.59; τὸ πρᾶγμα βασανίσας καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ Pl. Euthd. 307b, etc.; τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς cunning with the bow, Il. 2.718, etc.; εὖ τόδʼ ἴσθι A. Pers. 173 (troch.); εὖ γὰρ σαφῶς τόδʼ ἴστε ib.784; εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι parenthetic in colloquial speech, σὺ γὰρ εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι οὐ πράγματʼ ᾄσει Ar. Pax 1296, cf. D. 14.2, etc.; εὖ οἶδα, in answers, Dioxipp.4; εὖ μήδεο consider well, Il. 2.360; εὖ λέγεις well spoken ! Pl. Ap. 24e, cf. D. 5.2, etc.: with λέγω omitted, οὐδὲ τοῦτʼ εὖ Ἐρατοσθένης Str. 1.3.1. 2. morally well, kindly, εὖ ἔρδειν, = εὐεργετεῖν, Il. 5.650; εὖ εἰπεῖν τινα to speak well of him, Od. 1.302; εὖ δρᾶν εὖ παθών S. Ph. 672, etc. 3. with passive or intransitive Verbs, fortunately, happily, in good case, εὖ ζώουσι Od. 19.79; εὖ οἴκαδʼ ἱκέσθαι safely, Il. 1.19, cf. Od. 3.188; τοῦ βίου εὖ ἥκειν Hdt. 1.30; εὖ φρονῶν in oneʼs right mind, A. Pr. 387, etc. (but εὖ φρονεῖν εἴς τινας, τὰ σά, to be well-disposed towards, And. 2.4, S. Aj. 491); standing last for emphasis, ἄνδρες γεγονότες εὖ Hdt. 7.134; νόμους μὴ λύειν ἔχοντας εὖ Id. 3.82; τελευτήσει τὸν βίον εὖ Id. 1.32, cf. Th. 1.71, Arist. EN 1124b13, etc.: separated from its Verb, εὖ πρᾶγμα συντεθέν D. 18.144. II. coupled with other Adverbs, esp. when qualifying nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, εὖ μάλα Od. 4.96, etc.; ἡ ἀορτὴ εὖ μάλα κοίλη Arist. HA 514b22; εὖ μάλα πᾶσαι h.Ap. 171; εὖ μάλα πολλά Heraclit. 35; εὖ μάλα πρεσβύτης Pl. Euthphr. 4a; μάλα εὖ καὶ κομψῶς Id. Sph. 236d; εὖ καὶ μάλα Id. Smp. 194a (sed cf. CQ 15.4); κάρτα εὖ Hdt. 3.150; εὖ . . πάνυ or πάνυ εὖ, Ar. Pl. 198, Pl. Men. 80b; εὖ σφόδρα Nicostr. 8, Philem. 75.4; εὖ κἀνδρικῶς, εὖ κἀνδρείως, Ar. Eq. 379 (lyr.), Th. 656; καλῶστεκαὶ εὖ (v.supr.1.1); εὖ τε καὶ καλῶς Pl. R. 503d. III. as Subst., τὸ εὖ the right, the good cause, τὸ δʼ εὖ νικάτω A. Ag. 121; τὸ γὰρ εὖ μετʼ ἐμοῦ Ar. Ach. 661; the Good, final cause, τὸ εὖ τεκταινόμενος ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς γιγνομένοις Pl. Ti. 68e; τοῦ εὖ ἕνεκα Arist. Sens. 437a1, cf. eund.Metaph. 1092b26: in Art, perfection, the ideal, τὸ εὖ διὰ πολλῶν ἀριθμῶν γίνεται Polyclit. 2. IV. as the Predicate of a propos., τί τῶνδʼ εὖ; A. Ch. 338 (lyr.), cf. 116; εὖ εἴη may it be well, Id. Ag. 216 (lyr.); εὐορκεῦντι μέμ μοι εὖ εἶμεν or εἴη, SIG 953.9 (Calymna, ii B.C.), PEleph. 23.19 (iii B.C.); εὖ σοι γένοιτο well be with thee, E. Alc. 627, cf.Fr. 707. V. Interjection, well done! to cheer on dogs, εὖ κύνες X. Cyn. 9.20; ahoy! ho! Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 20.11; cf. εὖγε. VI. in Compds., implying abundance (εὐανδρία), prosperity (εὐδαίμων, opp. κακοδαίμων), ease (εὔβατος, opp. δύσβατος): compounded only with Nouns and Adjs. (hence εὖ πάσχω, εὖ ποιέω are better written divisim, but εὐποιητικός implies εὐποιέω: v. ἀντευποιέω) ; εὐδοκέω is exceptional. (Replaced by καλῶς in later Gr., exc. in set phrases.)
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