- εὔφορος
- εὔφορος, ον, ([etym.] φέρω)A well or patiently borne,
πόνοι Pi.N.10.24
.2 easy to bear or wear, manageable, light,ὅπλα X.Cyr.2.3.14
([comp] Sup.);δόρυ Id.Eq.7.8
([comp] Sup.);ἔκπωμα Critias Fr.34
D. ([comp] Sup.);σφενδόνη Luc. Dom.7
; ductile, of clay, Ph.1.418 ([comp] Sup.); of wines, -ώτατοι κεφαλῇ καὶ πέψεσιν Ruf.
ap. Orib.6.38.15.3 easily borne, spreading rapidly, of diseases, Luc.Abd.27; of persons,εὔ. πρὸς ἡδονὰς λόγων Longin.44.1
.II of the body, active, vigorous, healthy, Phoc.3.4;εὔ. ἔχειν τὸ σῶμα Arist.HA575a33
; but, capable of graceful movement, in dancing, -ώτερον τὸ σῶμα ἕξειν X.Smp.2.16
.2 able to endure, patient: in Adv. -ρως, τλῆναι S.Ph.872
;ὀχεῖν Democr.173
: [comp] Comp. -ώτερον, φέρειν Hp.Fract.18
: [comp] Sup. -ώτατα, φέρειν Aph.1.13
;τὰ κρύη καὶ τοὺς χειμῶνας εὐ. ἔχειν Plu.2.651c
.3 of animals and plants, productive, fertile, Arist.HA538a1, Thphr.CP1.17.10;χώρα Ph.2.297
([comp] Sup.);ἀγρός Plu.2.59a
: c. gen.,ὀπωρας Hdn.1.6.1
;πυρετῶν Gal.7.334
: metaph.,εὔ. γνῶσις Phld.Hom.p.62
O.(dub.); πόλις εὔ. πρὸς ἀνδρῶν ἀρετήν rich in manly virtue, D.H.Rh.3.3.4 easily able to do, c. inf., Aret.SD1.2.5 Adv. -ρως easily,εὐ. καὶ μετὰ ῥαστώνης ἐνεργεῖν Ph.2.283
;ἐς τὸ πάθος ἐκφερόμενος App.BC2.146
([comp] Sup.); εὐφόρως ἔχειν τῆς γλώττης to have a ready tongue, Philostr. VS1.25.5; εὐφόρως ἔχειν to feel well, Gal.11.28: with no Verb expressed,κοιλίαι τοῖσι πλείστοισι πάνυ εὐφόρως Hp.Epid.1.3
, cf. Gal. 17(1).209: [comp] Comp. -ωτέρως, περιγίνεσθαι Hp.Art.69
.—An irreg. [comp] Comp. εὐφορέστερος in Aret. CA1.4.
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