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εὔληπτος , ον,
A.easily taken hold of, “οὐδ᾽ εὔληπτον εἶναι τὸ ὕδωρJ.AJ 1.16.2, cf.Gal. UP11.5 (Sup.). Adv., τὸ ἔκπωμα εὐληπτότατα ἐνδιδόναι to give it so that one can most easily take hold of it, X.Cyr.1.3.8: metaph., “εὔ. τὰ τῆς διατριβῆςIamb.VP7.33.
2. easy to be taken or reduced, “νησιῶταιTh.6.85; “ἧττον εὔ. πόλιςD.H.3.43; εὔ. ὀργῇ, κόλαξι, Ph.2.590, Plu. 2.66b; easy to gain or obtain, Luc.Merc.Cond.10; easy to apprehend, “τοῖς ἀκούουσιIamb.Protr.4.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (5):
    • Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, 1.16.2
    • Thucydides, Histories, 6.85
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 1.3.8
    • Lucian, De mercede, 10
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 3.43
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