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εὔκρα_τος , Ion. εὔκρητος , ον, (κεράννυμι)
A.well-tempered, temperate, E.Fr.772; “ἐγκέφαλοςDemocr. ap. Thphr.Sens.56; “ἀήρPl.Ax.371d; “ὥραArist.GA752b30; “εὔκρατον ποιεῖ τὴν θερμότηταId.PA652b26; of countries, D.S.1.10; “τόποιAth.Med. ap. Orib.9.12.5 (Sup.); “οἰκήσειςPlb.34.1.8 (Comp.); “οἶκοςAret.CA1.1; of the temperate zone, Stoic.2.195, etc.; μεῖξις Chrysipp.ib.219; of liquids, tempered, lukewarm, “ὕδωρIG5(1).1390.108 (Andania), cf. Gal.6.101, etc.; of wine, mixed for drinking, Arist.Pr.874a28.
2. metaph., temperate, mild, “ὀλιγαρχίαId.Pol.1320b21; “τὸ εὔ. τοῦ ἤθουςM.Ant.1.15; “ΚύπριςAP 6.208 (Antip.Thess.): in Astrol., of beneficent planetary in fluences, Gal.9.911.
II. of persons, εὔκρητοι πρὸς ἅπαντας (cf. εὐκράς (A) 3) Hp. Decent.3.
III. Adv. -τως temperately, ἀνδρείως καὶ εὐ. Phld.Herc. 1251.14; temperately, Gal.1.342.
2. εὐ. ἔχειν to be temperate, of climate, Cleom.1.2; to be lukewarm, Artem.1.64.
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    • Polybius, Histories, 34.1.8
    • Aretaeus, De curatione acutorum morborum libri duo, 1.1
    • Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, 3
    • Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, 46
    • Diodorus, Historical Library, 1.10
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, 3
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, 21
    • Marcus Aurelius, M. Antonius Imperator Ad Se Ipsum, 1.15
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