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Headword: *eu)/hqes
Adler number: epsilon,3460
Translated headword: simplicity
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
Thucydides in [book] 3 and the philosopher [sc. use the word] in reference to [something] better.[1]
Greek Original:
*eu)/hqes: e)pi\ tou= belti/onos kai\ *qoukudi/dhs e)n g# kai\ o( filo/sofos.
Notes:
Same or similar entry in other lexica. The headword is neuter nominative/accusative singular of the adjective eu)h/qhs (epsilon 3463), used as an abstract noun.
[1] That is, implying "goodness" rather than "foolishness": see Thucydides 3.83.1 (web address 1) and Plato, Republic 4.425B (web address 2).
Associated internet addresses:
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; historiography; philosophy
Translated by: Ryan Stone on 30 January 2008@15:47:35.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation; added note, link, keywords; set status) on 31 January 2008@00:59:25.
David Whitehead (cosmetics) on 31 January 2008@03:26:39.
David Whitehead on 6 November 2012@05:33:33.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 23 February 2016@03:27:25.
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