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εὖ

eu

well

Appears 547 times across Plato's dialogues.

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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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