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εὔκολος

eukolos

easily satisfied, contented with oneʼs food

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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εὔκολος, ον, (κόλον): I. of persons, easily satisfied, contented with oneʼs food, Ἐρμείας AP 9.72 (Antip.); εὔ. τῇ διαίτῃ Plu. Lyc. 16; τὸ εὔκολον τῆς διαίτης Id. Galb. 3: but, in earlier authors, 2. of the mind, opp. δύσκολος, easily satisfied, contented, good-natured, ὁ δʼ εὔ. μὲν ἐνθάδʼ, εὔ. δʼ ἐκεῖ, of Sophocles, Ar. Ra. 82, cf. Arist. Rh. 1381a31: Sup., Max.Tyr. 26.2: c. dat., εὔ. πολίταις at peace with them, Ar. Ra. 359; εὔ. ἑαυτῷ Pl. R. 330a; εὔ. πρὸς τοὺς συνήθεις Plu. Fab. 1: c. inf., εὔ. φέρειν ἧτταν Id. 2.629a. Adv. -λως calmly, εὐχερῶς καὶ εὐ. ἐξέπιεν Pl. Phd. 117c, cf. Isoc. 9.3 (v.l. -κλεῶς) ; εὐ. φέρειν τι Arist. EN 1100b31, cf. Anaxandr. 53.4; εὐ. ἔχειν Lys. 4.9; εὐθύμως καὶ εὐ. ζῆν X. Mem. 4.8.2; carelessly, διειλέχθαι Pl. Sph. 242c: Comp. -ώτερον, ἀποθανούμεθα Plu. 2.235c; -ωτέρως Steph. in Gal. 1.294 D.; also -ώτερον κρατῆσαι more easily, Polyaen. 5.13.2. 3. ready, agile, AP 5.205.2 (Leon.); of soldiers, ἐλαφροί, εὔ., εὐχερεῖς Poll. 1.130; τὴν ἀναπνοὴν οὐκ εὔ. Aret. SD 1.15. 4. rarely in bad sense, easily led, prone, πρὸς ἀδικίαν Luc. Merc.Cond. 40; -ώτεροι ταῖς ὀργαῖς Plu. 2.463d; τὰ ἀνόητα καὶ εὔ. Philostr. VA 3.28. II. of things, easy, οὐ γὰρ εὐκόλῳ ἔοικεν Pl. R. 453d, cf. Prm. 131e: Sup. -ώτατοι Id. Lg. 779e; easy to understand, LXX 2 Ki. 15.3. Adv. Comp. -ώτερον more easily, Ph. 2.211. 2. lithe, εὔ., ὑγρομελής, of the pyrrhich, Poll. 4.96. III. epith. of Hermes at Metapontum, Hsch.; of Asclepius at Epidaurus, IG 4.1260.
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