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ἐχυ^ρ-ός , ά, όν, （ἔχω）
A.= ὀχυρός, strong, secure, λιμήν, χωρία, Th.4.8, X.Cyr.2.4.13; “ἀπὸ ἐχυροῦ ποθέν” Th.1.90; ἐν τῷ ἐχυρῷ εἶναι to be in safety, Id.7.77; “ἐν -ωτάτῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι” X.Cyr.1.6.26.
2. of arguments, etc., strong, “λόγος” Th.3.83; “ἐλπίς” Id.7.41; ἐχυρὰ παρέχεσθαι to give good reasons, Id.1.32; “τὴν τόλμαν . . -ωτέραν παρέχεσθαι” Id.2.62; -“ωτέρα δύναμις” Id.1.42; “τοῦτο ὁ φόβος ἐχυρὸν παρεῖχε” Id.3.12; “ἀποδείξεις -ώταται” Ph.1.420.
3. of persons, ἐ. πρὸς τοὺς καλούς proof against, Plu.Sol.1.
II. Adv. -“ρῶς” Th.5.26: Comp. -ώτερον Id.8.24. (ὀχυρός is v.l. in A.Pers.78, 89 (lyr.), and is the usual form in Plb., exc. 2.30.6; but ἐχυρός is usual in Ph., as 1.257, al.)
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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