εὔστοχος

eustochos

well-aimed

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Divination in Sleep 1
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Chapter 2 463b12–464b18

464a33
Parts of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 639a1–642b4

639a5
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2

1412a13
Topics 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 14 151a20–151b24

151b19

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὔστοχος, ον, A. well-aimed, τῷδʼ ἂν εὐστόχῳ πτερῷ (Elmsl. for πέτρῳ) E. Hel. 76; ἀκόντιον X. Eq. 12.13 (Sup.); πληγή Plb. 6.25.9. II. aiming well, ὅσοι δὲ τόξοις χεῖρʼ ἔχουσιν εὔ. E. HF 195; λόγχαις . . -ώτατοι Id. Ph. 140, cf. Fr. 321 (Comp.); εὔ. τὴν τοξικήν Luc. Nav. 33. Adv. -χως, βάλλειν X. Cyr. 1.4.8; εὔστοχα βάλλειν, τοξεύειν, Parth. 15.1, Luc. Nigr. 36: Sup. -ώτατα D.C. 67.14. 2. metaph., making good shots, i.e. guessing well, hitting the right nail on the head, Arist. Div.Somn. 464a33; shrewd, Id. Rh. 1412a12, Ephipp. 14.1, cj. in Luc. Epigr. 45; βουλευτήριον Com.Adesp. 201; εὔστοχόν τι ἔνεστι τοῖς κακοῖς Pl. Lg. 950b; εὔ. ἐν ἀπαντήσεσιν ready at repartee, D.L. 6.74. Adv. -χως Pl. Lg. 792d, Arist. PA 639a5, Phld. Rh. 2.108 S. 3. successful, ἄγρη Opp. H. 3.280; εὐχαί AP 9.158.8.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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