- εὔκολος
- εὔκολος, ον, ([etym.] κόλον):I of persons, easily satisfied, contented with one's food,
Ἐρμείας AP9.72
(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 δ' εὔ. μὲν ἐνθάδ', εὔ. δ' ἐκεῖ, of Sophocles, Ar.Ra.82, cf. Arist.Rh.1381a31: [comp] 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.EN1100b31
, cf. Anaxandr.53.4;εὐ. ἔχειν Lys.4.9
;εὐθύμως καὶ εὐ. ζῆν X.Mem.4.8.2
; carelessly,διειλέχθαι Pl.Sph.242c
: [comp] 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, AP5.205.2 (Leon.); of soldiers,ἐλαφροί, εὔ., εὐχερεῖς Poll.1.130
;τὴν ἀναπνοὴν οὐκ εὔ. Aret. SD1.15
.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.VA3.28
.II of things, easy,οὐ γὰρ εὐκόλῳ ἔοικεν Pl.R. 453d
, cf. Prm.131e: [comp] Sup. -ώτατοι Id.Lg.779e; easy to understand, LXX 2 Ki.15.3. Adv. [comp] 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, IG4.1260.
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