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᾽ ᾁσει” 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 (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.)
