εὐεργής
euerges
well-wrought, well-made
Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
εὐεργής, ές, (ἔργον) A. well-wrought, well-made, of chariots, εὐεργέος ἔκπεσε δίφρου Il. 5.585; of ships, μία δʼ ἤγαγε νηῦς εὐ. 24.396, and freq. in Od., cf. IG 12.74.27; πηδάλιον Op. 629; of garments, ἀμφʼ ὤμοισιν ἔχουσʼ εὐεργέα λώπην Od. 13.224; of gold, wrought, χρυσοῦ . . εὐεργέος ἑπτὰ τάλαντα 24.274. 2. well-done: hence in pl., εὐεργέα, = the Prose εὐεργεσίαι, benefits, services, οὐκ ἔστι χάρις μετόπισθʼ εὐεργέων 22.319, cf. 4.695; also ἀθάνατοι χαίρουσι βροτῶν εὐεργέσι τιμαῖς Milet. 1(7).205b (ii A. D.). 3. = εὐεργός II.2, τῷ ψυχρῷ in Mete. 313.9. 4. easy, of a surgical operation, ap. 45.2.6. 5. effective, τὴν εὐώνυμον χεῖρα -εστέραν 2.61.
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