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ὑγι-εινός [υ^], ή, όν,
A.good for the health, wholesome, sound, healthy, Hp.Aph.3.15 (Comp.), 3.9 (Sup.); χωρία ὑ. healthy countries, X.Cyr. 1.6.16, cf. Pl.R.401c; of food, wholesome, X.Mem.1.6.5, Pl.Ion 531e, etc.; “σιτία -ότατα” Isoc.1.45; “τὰ ὑ. ὑγίειαν ἐμποιεῖ” Pl.R.444c, etc.; “ὕδωρ ὑ.” Id.Phlb.61c.
2. of or relating to health, τέχνη, πραγματεία, etc., Gal.6.135, 1.301, etc.; “τὸ ὑ.” Arist.Metaph.1003a35, 1060b37.
b. of a person, devoted to the preservation of health, a hygienist, τὴν τοιαύτην διάθεσιν ἰατροῦ καὶ οὐχ ὑγιεινοῦ λύειν (sc. ἐστί) Erasistr. ap.Gal.Thras.38, cf. Gal.6.77.
3. of persons, healthy, sound, “μὴ πάνυ ὑ. φύσει” Pl.R.408e, cf. a; “ὑ. σῶμα” Id.Lg.728e; βίος ib.733e, etc.: ὑγιεινόν health, opp. νοσερόν, Arist.Rh.1355b30.
II. Adv., -νῶς ἔχειν, = ὑγιαίνειν, Pl.R.407c,571d; “ὑ. φέρειν τι” without injury to health, Hp.Art.41 (v.l. ὑγιηρῶς）“; ὑ. ποιεῖν τι” from regard to health, Pl.Grg. 522a; but ὑ. βαδίζειν, = ὡς ἂν ὁ ὑγιαίνων, Arist.EN1129a16: Comp. -οτέρως and -ρον, X.Lac.2.5, Mem.3.13.2: Sup. -ότατα ib.4.7.9.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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