[Remark: this dictionary entry has no valid XML/HTML content in database so a text version of this entry is shown.]: <b><G>eu)=, e)u/</G></b> (neut. of <G>e)u/s</G>): <i>well</i>, answering in meaning as adv. to the adjectives <G>a)gaqo/s</G> and <G>ka=lo/s</G>; hence rightly, finely, carefully, etc., esp. happily, prosperously, <G>eu)= zw/ein, eu)= oi)/kad' i(ke/sqai,</G> Od. 17.423, Il. 1.19, Od. 3.188, <G> 190; eu)= e)/rdein tina/</G>, i. e. <G>a)gaqa\ e)/rdein</G>, Il. 5.650; used to strengthen other words, <G>eu)=</G> <pb n=121> <G>ma/la, eu)= pa/ntes</G>, quite all, Od. 10.452, Od. 18.260.
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 εὖHdt.7.134; νόμους μὴ λύειν ἔχοντας εὖId.3.82; τελευτήσει τὸν βίον εὖId.1.32, cf. Th.1.71, Arist.EN1124b13, etc.: separated from its Verb, εὖ πρᾶγμα συντεθένD. 18.144. II. coupled with other Adverbs, esp. when qualifying nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, εὖ μάλαOd.4.96, etc.; ἡ ἀορτὴ εὖ μάλα κοίληArist.HA514b22; εὖ μάλα πᾶσαιh.Ap.171; εὖ μάλα πολλάHeraclit.35; εὖ μάλα πρεσβύτησPl.Euthphr.4a; μάλα εὖ καὶ κομψῶσId.Sph.236d; εὖ καὶ μάλαId.Smp.194a (sed cf. CQ15.4); κάρτα εὖHdt.3.150; εὖ ..πάνυ or πάνυ εὖ, Ar.Pl.198, Pl.Men.80b; εὖ σφόδραNicostr.8, Philem.75.4; εὖ κἀνδρικῶς, εὖ κἀνδρείωσ, Ar.Eq.379 (lyr.), Th.656; καλῶστεκαὶ εὖ (v.supr.1.1); εὖ τε καὶ καλῶσPl.R.503d. III. as Subst., τὸ εὖ the
right
, the
good cause
, τὸ δ' εὖ νικάτωA.Ag.121; τὸ γὰρ εὖ μετ' ἐμοῦAr.Ach.661; the Good, final cause, τὸ εὖ τεκταινόμενος ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς γιγνομένοισPl.Ti.68e; τοῦ εὖ ἕνεκαArist.Sens.437a1, cf. eund.Metaph.1092b26: in Art,
perfection, the ideal
, τὸ εὖ διὰ πολλῶν ἀριθμῶν γίνεταιPolyclit.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 κύνεσX.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.)