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εὔλογος

εὔλογος, having good reason, reasonable, sensible

εὔλογος, ον,
  • reasonable, sensible, νουθετήματα A. Pers. 830; οὐκ εὐλόγῳ ἔοικεν Pl. R. 605e; εὔ. ὀργή Phld. Ir. p.45 W.; εὔλογόν [ἐστι] c. inf., it is reasonable that . ., Pl. Cra. 396b, Arist. Pol. 1286b15, etc.; -ώτερόν [ἐστι] Id. EN 1102b2: Sup., Id. Cael. 286b34.
      • 2 reasonable, fair, πρόφασις Th. 3.82, D. 18.152, etc.; τὸ εὔ. a fair reason, Th. 4.87.
      • 3 probable, c. dat. et inf., Hp. de Arte 7 (Comp.), cf. Sphaer.Stoic. 1.141, Cic. Att. 14.22.2; διὰ σημείων εὐ. Phld. Lib. p.30 O.; ἐκ τῶν εὐ. in all probability, Plb. 10.44.6, cf. Plu. Them. 13; ἐκτὸς τῶν εὐ. πίπτειν to be beyond all probability, Arist. Metaph. 1060a18: Comp., Pl. Ep. 352a: Sup., Cic. Att. 13.6.4. Adv. -γως Phld. Lib. p.33 O.
      • 4 suitable, conformable, c. dat., Plot. 6.5.10.
      • 5 creditable, κατορθώσασι εὔ. [ἐστί] Ar. Ra. 736.
      • 6 eloquent, v.l. for ἱκανός, LXX Ex. 4.10, whence Ezek. Exag. 113, Ph. 2.93, 1.166 (interpr. as reasonable).
    • II Adv. -γως with good reason, reasonably, A. Th. 508, Supp. 47 (lyr.), Fr. 6, Ar. V. 771, Lys. 12.7; εὐ. ἄπρακτοι ἀπίασιν Th. 4.61; εὐ. φέρειν (Abresch εὐλόφως, q.v.) E. Fr. 175; εὐ. ἔχειν Pl. Phd. 62d; εὐ. φθονεῖν τινι Alex. 219.1; τοῖς εὐ. καὶ τοῖς κακῶς ἔχουσι Men. 48; freq. like εἰκότως, at the close of a sentence, implying assent, Arist. EN 1153b15, 1162b6: Comp. -ωτέρως Isoc. 6.28; -ώτερον Plb. 7.7.7.
      • 2 εὐ. τινὰ ἐπιδέξασθαι (v.l. ἐνδόξως) honourably, LXX 1 Ma. 12.43.

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