εὖ,
also ἐΰ Od. 1.302, etc., cf. A.D. Adv. 200.20: Adv. (prop. neut. of ἐΰς): -
I
1. well, opp. κακῶς (as in Th. 4.63), Hom., etc. I of knowledge or action, well, thoroughly, competently, εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω, εὖ δ’ ἀσπίδα θέσθω Il. 2.382; εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένως κέασαν ξύλα Od. 20.161; τὴν πόλιν κοσμέων καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ Hdt. 1.59; τὸ πρᾶγμα βασανίσας καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ Pl. Euthd. 307b, etc.; τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς cunning with the bow, Il. 2.718, etc.; εὖ τόδ’ ἴσθι A. Pers. 173 (troch.); εὖ γὰρ σαφῶς τόδ’ ἴστε ib. 784; εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι parenthetic in colloquial speech, σὺ γὰρ εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι οὐ πράγματ’ ᾄσει Ar. Pax 1296, cf. D. 14.2, etc.; εὖ οἶδα, in answers, Dioxipp.4; εὖ μήδεο consider well, Il. 2.360; εὖ λέγεις well spoken ! Pl. Ap. 24e, cf. D. 5.2, etc.: with λέγω omitted, οὐδὲ τοῦτ’ εὖ Ἐρατοσθένης Str. 1.3.1.
2. morally well, kindly, εὖ ἔρδειν, = εὐεργετεῖν, Il. 5.650; εὖ εἰπεῖν τινα to speak well of him, Od. 1.302; εὖ δρᾶν εὖ παθών S. Ph. 672, etc.
3. with passive or intransitive Verbs, fortunately, happily, in good case, εὖ ζώουσι Od. 19.79; εὖ οἴκαδ’ ἱκέσθαι safely, Il. 1.19, cf. Od. 3.188; τοῦ βίου εὖ ἥκειν Hdt. 1.30; εὖ φρονῶν in one’s right mind, A. Pr. 387, etc. (but εὖ φρονεῖν εἴς τινας, τὰ σά, to be well-disposed towards, And. 2.4, S. Aj. 491); standing last for emphasis, ἄνδρες γεγονότες εὖ Hdt. 7.134; νόμους μὴ λύειν ἔχοντας εὖ Id. 3.82; τελευτήσει τὸν βίον εὖ Id. 1.32, cf. Th. 1.71, Arist. EN 1124b13, etc.: separated from its Verb, εὖ πρᾶγμα συντεθέν D. 18.144.
II coupled with other Adverbs, esp. when qualifying nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, εὖ μάλα Od. 4.96, etc.; ἡ ἀορτὴ εὖ μάλα κοίλη Arist. HA 514b22; εὖ μάλα πᾶσαι h.Ap. 171; εὖ μάλα πολλά Heraclit. 35; εὖ μάλα πρεσβύτης Pl. Euthphr. 4a; μάλα εὖ καὶ κομψῶς Id. Sph. 236d; εὖ καὶ μάλα Id. Smp. 194a (sed cf. CQ 15.4); κάρτα εὖ Hdt. 3.150; εὖ.. πάνυ or πάνυ εὖ, Ar. Pl. 198, Pl. Men. 80b; εὖ σφόδρα Nicostr. 8, Philem. 75.4; εὖ κἀνδρικῶς, εὖ κἀνδρείως, Ar. Eq. 379 (lyr.), Th. 656; καλῶστεκαὶ εὖ (v.supr. 1.1); εὖ τε καὶ καλῶς Pl. R. 503d.
III as Subst., τὸ εὖ the right, the good cause, τὸ δ’ εὖ νικάτω A. Ag. 121; τὸ γὰρ εὖ μετ’ ἐμοῦ Ar. Ach. 661; the Good, final cause, τὸ εὖ τεκταινόμενος ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς γιγνομένοις Pl. Ti. 68e; τοῦ εὖ ἕνεκα Arist. Sens. 437a1, cf. eund. Metaph. 1092b26: in Art, perfection, the ideal, τὸ εὖ διὰ πολλῶν ἀριθμῶν γίνεται Polyclit. 2. as the Predicate of a propos., τί τῶνδ’ εὖ; A. Ch. 338 (lyr.), cf. 116; εὖ εἴη may it be well, Id. Ag. 216 (lyr.); εὐορκεῦντι μέμ μοι εὖ εἶμεν or εἴη, SIG 953.9 (Calymna, ii B.C.), PEleph. 23.19 (iii B.C.); εὖ σοι γένοιτο well be with thee, E. Alc. 627, cf. Fr. 707. Interjection, well done ! to cheer on dogs, εὖ κύνες X. Cyn. 9.20; ahoy! ho! Lyr.Alex.Adesp. 20.11; cf. εὖγε. in Compds., implying abundance (εὐανδρία), prosperity (εὐδαίμων, opp. κακοδαίμων), ease (εὔβατος, opp. δύσβατος): compounded only with Nouns and Adjs. (hence εὖ πάσχω, εὖ ποιέω are better written divisim, but εὐποιητικός implies εὐποιέω: v. ἀντευποιέω) ; εὐδοκέω is exceptional. (Replaced by καλῶς in later Gr., exc. in set phrases.)
G2095 — εὖ
adverb (properly, εὖ, the unused neuter of the adjective ἐΰς in Homer), well: εὖ πράσσω, not as many interpreters take it, contrary to ordinary Greek usage, to do well i. e. act rightly (which in Greek is expressed by ὀρθῶς or καλῶς πράσσω), but to be well off, fare well, prosper, [Act 15:29] (R. V. it shall be well with you) (Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 8; 2, 4, 6; 4, 2, 26; oec. 11, 8; Josephus, Antiquities 12, 4, 1; ὅστις καλῶς πραττει, οὐχί καί εὖ πραττει; Plato, Alc. i., p. 116 b.; εἰ εὖ πραττουσι ἀδικουντες, Prot., p. 333 d.; εἰ τίς ἄλλος εὖ μέν ἐποίησεν ὑμᾶς εὖ πράττων, Demosthenes 469, 14; and some began their letters with εὖ πράττειν, cf. 2 Macc. 9:19; (Diogenes Laërtius 3, 61 and Menagius (Menage) in the place cited. In one passage alone, Xenophon, mem. 3, 9, 14, the drift of the discussion permits Socrates to deviate from common usage by attaching to the phrase the notion of right conduct, acting well; (yet this sense occurs in ecclesiastical Greek, see e. g. Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 28 and Otto's note; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word πράσσω, IV.)); ἵνα εὖ σοι γένηται that it may be well, things may turn out well, with thee, [Eph 6:3] ([Gen 12:13]; ([Exo 20:12]); [Deu 4:40]; ([Deu 4:16]); Orat. Az. (i. e. Song of the Three Children) verse Prayer of Azariah 1:6>); εὖ ποιεῖν τινα, to do one good, [Mar 14:7] (here T omits the accusative; L Tr WH read the dative) (Judith 10:16; Baruch 6:37 (38) (i. e. Epistle Jer.); Sir. 14:11; Xenophon, Cyril 1., 6, 30). In commendations, εὖ (δοῦλε ἀγαθέ), "Well! Well done!" [Mat 25:21], [Mat 25:23]; [Luk 19:17] R G; Xenophon, venat. 6, 20; see εὖγε.
εὖ ,
adv.
( prop . neuter of old Epic ἐΰς , good, noble),
[in LXX , εὖ γίγνεσθαι , εὖ ποιεῖν (H3190);]
well: εὖ γιν ., [Eph 6:3] ( LXX ); εὖ ποιεῖν , c . dat . ( cf. Sir 12:1-2 ), to do good, [Mar 14:7] (where Nestle suggests εὐποιεῖν , q.v. ); εὖ πράσστειν , to fare well, [Act 15:29]; in replies ( = εὖγε ), good! well done! [Mat 25:21]; [Mat 25:23] [Luk 19:17] ( εὖγε , WH , txt .). †
εὖ - γε ,
adv. ,
in replies, well! good! well done!: [Luk 19:17] ( WH for Rec. εὖ , q.v. ). †
† εὐ - ποιέω , ῶ ,
= εὖ ποιέω ,
to do good (whence εὐποιία , q.v. ): εὐποιῆσαι , [Mar 14:7] B (also Isa Mk 41:23 B, al. ; v. Nestle , in Exp. T ., xxiii, 7). †