Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, εὐχερ-ής

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A.tolerant of or indifferent to evil, unpleasantness or inaccuracy, not squeamish, “ἡ ὗς -έστατον πρὸς πᾶσαν τροφὴν ζῴων ἐστίν” Arist. HA595a18; “οὐδενὸς γὰρ πώποτε ἀπέβαλεν ὀσπρίου λέπος: οὕτως ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν εὐ. ἀνήρ” Alex. 266.8, cf. Aristopho 12.5, S.Ph.519, 875; of lizardeaters, “λίαν εὐχερεῖς” Menesth. ap. Orib.2.68.13; εὐ.βίος of the swineherd, Pl.Plt.266d; τὸ εὐ. τῶν ὀνομάτων the loose use of names, Id.Tht.184c. Adv. -ρῶς, φέρειν τὴν ὠχρότητα, i.e. gloss it over, Id.R. 474e, cf. Tht.154b; “εὐ. ἔχειν πρὸς τὴν ἀνθρωποφαγίαν” Arist. Pol.1338b21; -“ρῶς ὥσπερ θηρίον ὕειον ἐν ἀμαθίᾳ μολύνηται” Pl.R.535e: Comp. -έστερον“, πρὸς πᾶν βρῶμα ἔχειν” X.Lac.2.5; ἄλλο μικρῷ μεῖζον -έστερον κινοῦσιν more readily, with fewer qualms, Arist. Pol.1307b5, cf. Din. 1.55.

2. unscrupulous, reckless, D.21.103, Arist. Metaph.1025a2. Adv. -ρῶς heedlessly, recklessly, “ὦ λέγων εὐχερῶς ὅτι ἂν βουληθῇς” D.18.70, cf. 264.

II. indifferent to danger or suffering, cool, unconcerned, unflinching, τῆς πολεμικῆς χρείας τῆς κατ᾽ ἄνδρα. . εὐχερεῖς καὶ πρακτικοί cool and efficient in individual fighting, Plb.4.8.9; “εἰς εὐχερῆ τῆς ἀποτέξεως ὑπομονήν” Sor.1.46 (cf. “εὐχέρεια” 11). Adv. -ρῶς καὶ εὐκόλως ἐξέπιεν drank the hemlock coolly and good-humouredly, Pl.Phd.117c.

III. easy, εὐχερές ἐστι c. inf., Batr.62; “τὰ λαχανευόμενα μεταφυτεύεται πρὸς εὐχερῆ τελείωσιν” Sor.1.87: Comp., ib.108. Adv. -“ρῶς, νόσου γινομένης εὐχερῶς ἀποξύνεται τὸ γάλα” Id.1.115, cf. PLond.2.401.24 (ii B.C.): Sup. -έστατα, τρέπονται (sc. εἰς φυγήν) D.S.31.38.

2. σπασμοὶ εὐχερέες, i.e. not dangerous, Hp. Prorrh.1.119 (cf. Gal.16.773); cf. “εὐήθης” 1.3.

3. c. dat., suitable, adapted, θάλασσα . . μεγάλαις ναυσὶν οὐκ εὐ. App.BC2.84.

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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