A.well-strung, vigorous, of men's bodies or limbs, Hp.Aph.3.17, Arist.IA710a31, Luc.Anach.24, AP12.216 (Strat.): Comp., Men. 693; of men, -“ώτεροι τοῖς σώμασι” D.S.4.3; τὸ εὔ., = εὐτονία, Pl.Lg. 815a, etc.: esp. in Stoic philos. (cf. τόνος), Chrysipp.Stoic.3.121, 123; of engines, Plb.8.5.2 (Comp.); of the wind, D.S.1.41; of wine, Arist.Mir.832a11; τὸ εὔ., name of an eyesalve, Aët.7.115; “εὔ. πληγή” Hero Bel.74.12.
2. active, energetic, “πρόνοια” POxy. 1468.7 (iii A.D.); “προσοχή” Iamb.Protr.21.κά (Sup.); of persons, -ώτατος εἶναι c. part., OGI315.52 (Pessinus, ii B.C.).
3. of an orator, forcible, “εὔ. τῇ φράσει” D.H.Vett.Cens.5.4; τῆς λέξεως τὸ εὔ. ib.3.2, cf. PhId.Po.5.5.
4. Adv. -νως with might and main, vigorously, Ar. Pl.1095, X.Hier.9.6, Arist.Pr.885a6, Ph.1.311, Ev.Luc.23.10: Comp. -ώτερον“, τοῦ δέοντος ἀφιᾶσι” Luc.Nigr.36.
5. strenuously, Phld. Herc.1251.23, Po.2p.274H.
6. peremptorily, -ώτερον ἐπιστεῖλαι, γράψαι, PLille1.3i14 (iii B.C.), PPetr.2p.22, 3p.132 (cf. p. x) (iii B.C.).