Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, εὐχέρ-εια

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A.tolerance of or indifference to evil, “μὴ ἡμῖν πολλὴν εὐχέρειαν ἐντίκτωσι τοῖς νέοις πονηρίας” Pl.R.392a; licentiousness, A. Eu.494 (lyr.); ἡ τῆς πράξεως εὐ. Aeschin.1.124; unscrupulous conduct, ἡ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον εὐ. Plu. Demetr.11; looseness, περὶ τὰς γυναῖκας, περὶ τοὺς ὅρκους, Id.Lyc.15, Lys.8; recklessness, “πρὸς τὸν ὅρκον εὐ. καὶ ταχύτης” Id.2.271c; hastiness, Ph.2.276; “πρὸς ὀργήν” Luc. Prom.9; of a historian, irresponsibility, “εὐ. καὶ τόλμα καὶ ῥᾳδιουργία” Plb.12.25e.2, cf. 16.18.3; εἰκαιότης καὶ εὐ. Ph.1.193; of an artist, uncritical facility, “ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν εὐ. καὶ ταχύτης” Plu.Per.13.

II. indifference to danger or hardship: hence, coolness, fortitude, ἀνδρεία καὶ εὐ. (ironical) Pl.R.426d; εὐκολία καὶ εὐ. Id.Lg.942d, cf. Alc.1.122c; “περὶ τὰς κυνηγίας εὐ. καὶ τόλμα” Plb.22.3.8; cf. εὐχειρία.

III. ease, agreeableness, “κατὰ τὴν προφοράν” Phld.Po.994.; comfort, “ὁδὸς πρὸς εὐχέρειαν ὡδοποιημένη” OGI175.9 (Egypt, ii B.C.); περὶ τὰς δυστοκίας τῶν γυναικῶν τῇ εὐχερείᾳ . . βοηθεῖν to minister to the comfort (or promote the fortitude) of women . . , Arist. HA587a11 (cf. “εὐχερής” 11).

IV. dexterity, skill, “εὐ. Πραξιτέλους” Luc. Am.11 (nisi leg. εὐχειρία).

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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