εὖ

εὖ, [dialect] Ep. also

A

ἐΰ Od.1.302

, etc., cf. A.D.Adv.200.20: Adv. (prop. neut. of ἐΰς):—well, opp. κακῶς (as in Th.4.63), Hom., etc.

I of knowledge or action, well, thoroughly, competently,

εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω, εὖ δ' 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 τόδ' ἴσθι A.Pers.173

(troch.); εὖ γὰρ σαφῶς τόδ' ἴστε ib.784; εὖ οἶδ' ὅτι parenthetic in colloquial speech,

σὺ γὰρ εὖ οἶδ' ὅτι οὐ πράγματ' ᾄσει Ar.Pax1296

, 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 τοῦτ' 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 οἴκαδ' ἱκέσθαι safely, Il.1.19, cf. Od.3.188;

τοῦ βίου εὖ ἥκειν Hdt.1.30

; εὖ φρονῶν in one's 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. EN1124b13, 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.HA514b22

;

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. CQ15.4);

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 δ' εὖ νικάτω A.Ag.121

;

τὸ γὰρ εὖ μετ' 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 τῶνδ' εὖ; A.Ch.338 (lyr.), cf. 116; εὖ εἴη may it be well, Id.Ag.216 (lyr.); εὐορκεῦντι μέμ μοι εὖ εἶμεν or εἴη, SIG953.9 (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 ([etym.] 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.)