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εὔπορος

εὔπορος, easy to pass

εὔπορ-ος, ον,
  • easy to pass or travel through, ἄτης . . πέλαγος οὐ μάλʼ εὔ. A. Supp. 470; ὁδός Pl. R. 328e; τὰ εὔ. open ground, X. Eq.Mag. 4.4; εὔπορον ἦν διιέναι Th. 4.78, cf. X. An. 3.5.17; εὔ. ποιεῖν τὰ ὦτα to open oneʼs ears, Luc. Lex. 1; μήτρα lax, Sor. 1.34.
      • 2 easily got, easily done, easy, τὰ μέγιστα . . σφι εὔπορά ἐστι Hdt. 4.59; πολλά τοι θεὸς κἀκ τῶν ἀέλπτων εὔπορʼ ἀνθρώποις τελεῖ E. Fr. 100; παρʼ ἐμοῦ δʼ ἔστιν ταῦτα εὔ. Ar. Pl. 532, cf. Pl. R. 404c; φιλία . . εὔ. εἴη Ar. Lys. 1266; τὴν κατὰ θάλασσαν ἔφοδον -ωτέραν Th. 1.93; πλεῖστον . . μέλι καὶ -ώτατον Pl. R. 564e; τὸ εὔ., = εὐπορία, εὑρίσκειν τὸ εὔ. Hp. Art. 78; διὰ τὸ εὔ. τῆς ἐλπίδος Th. 8.48; εὔπορόν ἐστι it is easy, c. inf., X. An. 3.5.17, D. 3.18, etc.; ἐν εὐπόρῳ κεῖται c. inf., Str. 10.3.8: Comp. -ώτερον Pl. R. 404c.
    • II ready, glib, γλῶττα Ar. Eq. 637.
      • 2 of persons, full of resources or devices, ingenious, inventive, opp. ἄπορος, E. Fr. 430 (Sup.); εἰ οὖν τις . . -ώτερος ἐμοῦ Pl. Phd. 86d; εὔ. ἐν τοῖς ἀπόροις Alex. 234.5; -ώτεροι πρὸς ἅπαν ἔργον Pl. Prt. 348d: c. inf., χρήματα πορίζειν -ώτατον γυνή Ar. Ec. 236; ἐς τὴν δίαιταν -ώτατοι Id. V. 1112.
    • III well-provided with, rich in, πόλιν τοῖς πᾶσιν -ωτάτην Th. 2.64; τὰ περὶ τὸν βίον -ώτεροι Isoc. 8.19; τίς -ώτερος χρημάτων; D.Chr. 3.132: abs., fertile, γῆ Poll. 1.186; well-furnished, πράγματʼ -ώτερα D. 19.89; well off, wealthy, οἱ εὔ. Id. 1.28, etc.; opp. οἱ ἄποροι, Arist. Pol. 1279b8, etc.; persons of substance, capable of bearing taxation, SIG 344.115 (Sup., Teos, iv B.C.); εὔ. καὶ ἐπιτήδειος POxy. 1187.11 (iii A.D.), etc.
    • IV Adv. -ρως easily, X. Cyr. 1.6.9, etc.: Comp. -ώτερον Pl. Smp. 204e.
      • 2 in abundance, εὐ. ἔχειν πάντα Th. 8.36; οὐκ εὐ. ἔχω I donʼt feel well, Luc. Lex. 2 codd. (εὐφ- Cobet).
      • 3 resourcefully, Hp. Off. 7.

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