ἐσθλός

ἐσθλός, ή, όν, Aeol. ἔσλος Sapph. 28, Alc. 96 : Dor. ἐσλός, ά, όν, Pi. P. 8.73, etc. (never in B.); Arc. ἑσλός Inscr.Olymp. 266 (v B. C.) : Comp. and Sup. -ότερος, -ότατος, AP 9.156 (Antiphil.), 6.240 (Phil.) : —poet. Adj., A. = ἀγαθός, good of his kind, ἐ. ἐν σταδίῃ Il. 15.283 : later c. inf., A.R. 1.106, etc. : hence I. of persons, brave, stout, ἐσθλὸν ἐνὶ προμάχοισι Il. 4.458, etc. ; opp. δειλός, Hes. Op. 214 ; noble, opp. κακός, οὔ τινα γὰρ τίεσκον..οὐ κακὸν οὐδὲ μὲν ἐ. Od. 22.415 ; πένιχρος οὐδεὶς πέλετʼ ἔσλος οὐδὲ τίμιος Alc. 49 ; τόκηες Id. Supp. 25.12 ; εἴτʼ εὐγενὴς πέφυκας εἴτʼ ἐσθλῶν κακή S. Ant. 38 ; ἐσθλοῦ πατρὸς παῖς Id. Ph. 96 ; ἀπʼ ἐσθλῶν δωμάτων E. Andr. 772 (lyr.), etc. ; of horses, wellbred, Il. 23.348. 2. morally good, faithful, φίλος S. OT 611 ; εἰς ἡμᾶς γεγώς Id. El. 24 ; τινι Naumach. ap. Stob. 4.23.7 ; κύνα ἐσθλὴν ἐκείνῳ, πολεμίαν τοῖς δύσφροσιν A. Ag. 608. 3. like ἐΰς and φίλος, weakened almost to a possess. pron., ἐσθλὸν ἀνεψιὸν ἐξεναρίξας Il. 16. 573, cf. 5.469, Od. 3.379. II. of things, good of their kind, φάρμακα, κτήματα, κειμήλια, Il. 11.831, Od. 2.312, Il. 9.330, etc. 2. of mind, qualities, etc., νόος Od. 7.73 ; βουλή Il. 9.76 ; ἔπος 1.108 ; κλέος 5.3, Pi. P. 4.175 : freq. in neut. pl., μυρίʼ..ἐσθλὰ ἔοργε Il. 2.272 ; ἔσθλʼ ἀγορεύοντες, κακὰ δὲ φρεσὶ βυσσοδόμευον Od. 17.66 ; ἔσλων ἢ κάλων Sapph. 28, cf. Supp. 2.4. 3. fortunate, lucky, ὄρνιθες Od. 24.311 ; ὕπαρ 19.547 ; χάρματα Pi. O. 2.19 ; γάμοι E. IA 609 ; τύχη S. OC 1506 ; ἀράσαντο πάμπαν ἔσλα τῷ γάμβρῳ Sapph. 51.4 ; ἐσθλόν, τό, good luck, prosperity, opp. κακόν, Il. 24.530 ; παρὰ καὶ κακῷ ἐσθλὸν ἔθηκεν Od. 15.488 ; ἐσλὸν βαθύ Pi. O. 12.12. 4. Subst. ἐσθλά, τά, goods, πυρὴν ἐμπλησέμεν ἐσθλῶν Od. 10.523 ; εἴ τις ἐσλὰ πέπαται Pi. P. 8.73. 5. ἐσθλόν [ἐστι] c. inf., it is good, expedient to.., Il. 24.301 : also pl., οὐ γὰρ ἐσθλὰ..κερτομέειν Archil. 64.—Poet. word, used by X. Cyr. 1.5.9, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.60, Luc. Syr.D. 19 (Ion.), etc.