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Headword: *eu)qulh/ptwn
Adler number: epsilon,3508
Translated headword: easily-procured (things)
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Meaning] easily obtained [ones], of ready [ones]. "For this is what excessive desires are accustomed to do, as the things desired are not easily-procured."
Greek Original:
*eu)qulh/ptwn: eu)xerw=s kratoume/nwn, eu)ko/lwn. tou=to ga\r dra=n ei)w/qasin ai( sfodrai\ e)piqumi/ai, ou)k eu)qulh/ptwn o)/ntwn tw=n e)piqumoume/nwn.
Notes:
The headword, genitive plural of the adjective eu)qu/lhptos, is presumably extracted from the quotation given. Same entry taken up by ps.-Zonaras, but with a shorter version of the quotation. The adjective is otherwise unattested in any form.
[1] Quotation unidentifiable. (Adler suggests Aelian.)
Keywords: definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; ethics
Translated by: Matthew Farmer on 25 January 2008@13:32:58.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (tweaked translation, augmented note, set status) on 25 January 2008@17:11:24.
David Whitehead (tweaks and cosmetics) on 27 January 2008@11:16:15.
David Whitehead (tweaking) on 6 November 2012@09:23:54.
David Whitehead (expanded note) on 24 February 2016@03:03:05.
Catharine Roth (cosmeticule) on 1 February 2018@01:45:42.
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