εὔστοχος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐ- (eu-) + well (“aim, aiming”) + στόχος (stókhos)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ěu̯s.to.kʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈews.to.kʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈeɸs.to.xos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈefs.to.xos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈefs.to.xos/
Adjective
εὔστοχος • (eústokhos) m or f (neuter εὔστοχον); second declension
- well-aimed
- τῷδ' ἂν εὐστόχῳ πτερῷ
- tôid' àn eustókhōi pterôi
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- ἀκόντιον ε.
- akóntion e.
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- πληγή ε.
- plēgḗ e.
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- aiming well
- ὅσοι δὲ τόξοις χεῖρ' ἔχουσιν εὔστοχον
- hósoi dè tóxois kheîr' ékhousin eústokhon
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- λόγχαις ... εὐστοχώτατοι
- lónkhais ... eustokhṓtatoi
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- εὔστοχος τὴν τοξικήν
- eústokhos tḕn toxikḗn
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- εὐστόχως βάλλειν
- eustókhōs bállein
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- εὔστοχα βάλλειν τοξεύειν
- eústokha bállein toxeúein
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- εὐστοχώτατα
- eustokhṓtata
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- (figurative)
- making good shots, guessing well, hitting the right nail on the head, shrewd
- βουλευτήριον ε.
- bouleutḗrion e.
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- εὔστοχόν τι ἔνεστι τοῖς κακοῖς
- eústokhón ti énesti toîs kakoîs
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- εὔστοχος ἐν ἀπαντήσεσιν
- eústokhos en apantḗsesin
- ready at repartee
- εὐστόχως
- eustókhōs
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- making good shots, guessing well, hitting the right nail on the head, shrewd
- successful
- ἄγρη ε.
- ágrē e.
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Declension
Second declension of εὔστοχος; εὔστοχον (Attic)
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | εὔστοχος eústokhos | εὔστοχον eústokhon | εὐστόχω eustókhō | εὐστόχω eustókhō | εὔστοχοι eústokhoi | εὔστοχᾰ eústokha | ||||||||
Genitive | εὐστόχου eustókhou | εὐστόχου eustókhou | εὐστόχοιν eustókhoin | εὐστόχοιν eustókhoin | εὐστόχων eustókhōn | εὐστόχων eustókhōn | ||||||||
Dative | εὐστόχῳ eustókhōi | εὐστόχῳ eustókhōi | εὐστόχοιν eustókhoin | εὐστόχοιν eustókhoin | εὐστόχοις eustókhois | εὐστόχοις eustókhois | ||||||||
Accusative | εὔστοχον eústokhon | εὔστοχον eústokhon | εὐστόχω eustókhō | εὐστόχω eustókhō | εὐστόχους eustókhous | εὔστοχᾰ eústokha | ||||||||
Vocative | εὔστοχε eústokhe | εὔστοχον eústokhon | εὐστόχω eustókhō | εὐστόχω eustókhō | εὔστοχοι eústokhoi | εὔστοχᾰ eústokha | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
εὐστόχως eustókhōs | εὐστοχώτερος eustokhṓteros | εὐστοχώτᾰτος eustokhṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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