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Headword: *eu)/kerws
Adler number: epsilon,3531
Translated headword: beautifully-horned, fine-horned, well-horned
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Applied to] a bull, one with fine horns. But [sc. the similarly-pronounced] eu)/kairos [means] a fine opportunity.[1] Also [sc. attested is] eu)kai/rws ["opportunely"], an adverb meaning fittingly, at the necessary time.
"Krates going opportunely by, the bookseller pointed to him and said, 'follow this man.'"[2]
Greek Original:
*eu)/kerws: bou=s, o( kala\ ke/rata e)/xwn. *eu)/kairos de\ o( kalo\s kairo/s. kai\ *eu)kai/rws, e)pirrhmatiko\n a)nti\ tou= a(rmozo/ntws, ei)s kairo\n de/onta. eu)kai/rws de\ pario/ntos *kra/thtos, o( bibliopw/lhs dei/cas au)to\n fhsi/, tou/tw| parakolou/qhson.
Notes:
See also epsilon 3529, epsilon 3532.
[1] Similar material, variously, in other lexica.
[2] Diogenes Laertius 7.3 (on Zeno).
Keywords: biography; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics; medicine; philosophy; zoology
Translated by: Matthew Farmer on 24 January 2008@16:24:47.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 25 January 2008@05:07:25.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 7 November 2012@04:59:48.
David Whitehead (another note) on 25 February 2016@06:15:18.
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