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εὖ neut. of ἐΰς

I.well, Lat. bene, opp. to κακῶς, Hom., etc.; with another adv., εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένως well and workmanlike, Hom.; so, εὖ κατὰ κόσμον well and in order, Il.:—also, luckily, happily, well off, Od.:—in Prose, εὖ ἔχειν to be well off, attic;c. gen., εὖ ἥκειν τοῦ βίου to be well off for livelihood, Hdt.
2.εὖ γε, oft. in answers, v. εὖγε.
3.with Adjectives or Adverbs, to add to their force, εὖ πάντες, like μάλα πάντες, Od.; εὖ μάλα id=Od.; εὖ πάνυ Ar.; εὖ σαφῶς Aesch.
II.as Subst., τὸ εὖ the right, the good cause, τὸ δ᾽ εὖ νικάτω id=Aesch.
III.as the Predicate of a propos., τί τῶνδ᾽ εὖ; which of these things is well? id=Aesch.; εὖ εἴη may it be well, id=Aesch.
IV.in Compos., it has all the senses of the adv., but commonly implies greatness, abundance, prosperity, easiness, opp. to δυσ-. (Like α- privat., Lat. in-, δυσ-, it is properly compounded with Nouns only, Verbs beginning with εὖ being derived from a compd. Noun, as, εὐπαθέω from εὐπαθής. εὐ-δοκέω is an exception.)

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