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εὐεξία , ἡ, (εὐέκτης)
A.good habit of body, good health, Hp.Aph.1.3 (pl.); “σαρκός” E.Fr.201; “εὐ. τῶν σωμάτων καὶ καχεξία” Pl.Grg.450a, cf. Arist.EN1129a19, Top.105a31; εὐ. πολιτική bodily vigour required of a citizen, Id.Pol.1335b6; ὑγίεια καὶ εὐ. Pl.R.559a: pl., “εὐεξίαι τῶν σωμάτων” Id.Prt.354b, cf. Aeschin.1.189, Plb.1.57.1, v.l. in Isoc.4.1; περὶ εὐεξίας (opp. ὑγίεια, as temporary high condition to permanent health), title of work by Gal.4.750, 1.408, Thras.12; νικᾶν εὐεξίαν, εὐεξίᾳ, SIG1060 (iv/iii B.C.), 1061 (ii B.C.).
II. generally, vigour, good condition, “ὑγίεια καὶ κάλλος καὶ εὐ. ψυχῆς” Pl.R.444d; “τῆς πολιτείας” Plb.20.4.1; “φωνῆς” Plu.2.804b, etc.
2. skill, ability, “περὶ τὸ ἐπιτάδουμα” SIG721.12 (Delos, ii B.C.); “εὐ. ἐν τοῖς πολεμικοῖς” Plb.3.6.12.
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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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Aeschines, Against Timarchus, 189
    • Isocrates, Panegyricus, 1
    • Plato, Republic, 444d
    • Plato, Republic, 559a
    • Plato, Gorgias, 450a
    • Plato, Protagoras, 354b
    • Polybius, Histories, 1.57.1
    • Polybius, Histories, 20.4.1
    • Polybius, Histories, 3.6.12
    • Hippocrates, Aphorismi, 1.3
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