"εὔστοχος" meaning in Ancient Greek

See εὔστοχος in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ěu̯s.to.kʰos/, /ˈeɸs.to.xos/, /ˈefs.to.xos/, /ěu̯s.to.kʰos/ (note: 5ᵗʰ BCE Attic), /ˈews.to.kʰos/ (note: 1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian), /ˈeɸs.to.xos/ (note: 4ᵗʰ CE Koine), /ˈefs.to.xos/ (note: 10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine), /ˈefs.to.xos/ (note: 15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan)
Etymology: From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + στόχος (stókhos, “aim, aiming”) Etymology templates: {{affix|grc|εὐ-|στόχος|t1=well|t2=aim, aiming}} εὐ- (eu-, “well”) + στόχος (stókhos, “aim, aiming”) Head templates: {{grc-adj-2nd|εὔστοχον}} εὔστοχος • (eústokhos) m or f (neuter εὔστοχον); second declension Inflection templates: {{grc-adecl|εὔστοχος|ον}} Forms: eústokhos [romanization], εὔστοχον [neuter], Attic declension-2 [table-tags], εὔστοχος [feminine, masculine, nominative, singular], εὔστοχον [neuter, nominative, singular], εὐστόχω [dual, feminine, masculine, nominative], εὐστόχω [dual, neuter, nominative], εὔστοχοι [feminine, masculine, nominative, plural], εὔστοχᾰ [neuter, nominative, plural], εὐστόχου [feminine, genitive, masculine, singular], εὐστόχου [genitive, neuter, singular], εὐστόχοιν [dual, feminine, genitive, masculine], εὐστόχοιν [dual, genitive, neuter], εὐστόχων [feminine, genitive, masculine, plural], εὐστόχων [genitive, neuter, plural], εὐστόχῳ [dative, feminine, masculine, singular], εὐστόχῳ [dative, neuter, singular], εὐστόχοιν [dative, dual, feminine, masculine], εὐστόχοιν [dative, dual, neuter], εὐστόχοις [dative, feminine, masculine, plural], εὐστόχοις [dative, neuter, plural], εὔστοχον [accusative, feminine, masculine, singular], εὔστοχον [accusative, neuter, singular], εὐστόχω [accusative, dual, feminine, masculine], εὐστόχω [accusative, dual, neuter], εὐστόχους [accusative, feminine, masculine, plural], εὔστοχᾰ [accusative, neuter, plural], εὔστοχε [feminine, masculine, singular, vocative], εὔστοχον [neuter, singular, vocative], εὐστόχω [dual, feminine, masculine, vocative], εὐστόχω [dual, neuter, vocative], εὔστοχοι [feminine, masculine, plural, vocative], εὔστοχᾰ [neuter, plural, vocative], εὐστόχως [adverbial, feminine, masculine, neuter], εὐστοχώτερος [comparative, feminine, masculine, neuter], εὐστοχώτᾰτος [feminine, masculine, neuter, superlative]
  1. well-aimed
    Sense id: en-εὔστοχος-grc-adj-EJEKYjUJ
  2. aiming well
    Sense id: en-εὔστοχος-grc-adj-FG3fSmjR
  3. (figurative)
    making good shots, guessing well, hitting the right nail on the head, shrewd
    Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-εὔστοχος-grc-adj-xtvuIW2B Categories (other): Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header, Ancient Greek terms prefixed with εὐ-, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Ancient Greek entries with incorrect language header: 14 18 61 7 Disambiguation of Ancient Greek terms prefixed with εὐ-: 23 29 36 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 6 88 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 90 0
  4. successful
    Sense id: en-εὔστοχος-grc-adj-JDDgnsLs

Inflected forms

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    },
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      "form": "εὐστόχοιν",
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      "form": "εὐστόχῳ",
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        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστοχώτερος",
      "roman": "eustokhṓteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστοχώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "eustokhṓtătos",
      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
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        "superlative"
      ]
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  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "roman": "tôid’ àn eustókhōi pterôi",
          "text": "τῷδ’ ἂν εὐστόχῳ πτερῷ",
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        },
        {
          "roman": "akóntion eústokhon",
          "text": "ἀκόντιον εὔστοχον",
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        },
        {
          "roman": "plēgḕ eústokhos",
          "text": "πληγὴ εὔστοχος",
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        }
      ],
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        "well-aimed"
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        {
          "roman": "hósoi dè tóxois kheîr’ ékhousin eústokhon",
          "text": "ὅσοι δὲ τόξοις χεῖρ’ ἔχουσιν εὔστοχον",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lónkhais ... eustokhṓtatoi",
          "text": "λόγχαις ... εὐστοχώτατοι",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eústokhos tḕn toxikḗn",
          "text": "εὔστοχος τὴν τοξικήν",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eustókhōs bállein",
          "text": "εὐστόχως βάλλειν",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eústokha bállein toxeúein",
          "text": "εὔστοχα βάλλειν τοξεύειν",
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        },
        {
          "roman": "eustokhṓtata",
          "text": "εὐστοχώτατα",
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          "roman": "bouleutḗrion eústokhon",
          "text": "βουλευτήριον εὔστοχον",
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        {
          "roman": "eústokhón ti énesti toîs kakoîs",
          "text": "εὔστοχόν τι ἔνεστι τοῖς κακοῖς",
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        },
        {
          "english": "ready at repartee",
          "roman": "eústokhos en apantḗsesin",
          "text": "εὔστοχος ἐν ἀπαντήσεσιν",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eustókhōs",
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          "making",
          "making"
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          "guessing"
        ],
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          "hitting",
          "hitting"
        ],
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        ]
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          "roman": "ágrē eústokhos",
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      "ipa": "/ěu̯s.to.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɸs.to.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈefs.to.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ěu̯s.to.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈews.to.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɸs.to.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈefs.to.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈefs.to.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "εὔστοχος"
}
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        "dual",
        "genitive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχων",
      "roman": "eustókhōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχων",
      "roman": "eustókhōn",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχῳ",
      "roman": "eustókhōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχῳ",
      "roman": "eustókhōi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχοιν",
      "roman": "eustókhoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχοιν",
      "roman": "eustókhoin",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχοις",
      "roman": "eustókhois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχοις",
      "roman": "eustókhois",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὔστοχον",
      "roman": "eústokhon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὔστοχον",
      "roman": "eústokhon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχω",
      "roman": "eustókhō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχω",
      "roman": "eustókhō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "dual",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχους",
      "roman": "eustókhous",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὔστοχᾰ",
      "roman": "eústokhă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὔστοχε",
      "roman": "eústokhe",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὔστοχον",
      "roman": "eústokhon",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχω",
      "roman": "eustókhō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχω",
      "roman": "eustókhō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dual",
        "neuter",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὔστοχοι",
      "roman": "eústokhoi",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὔστοχᾰ",
      "roman": "eústokhă",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστόχως",
      "roman": "eustókhōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "adverbial",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστοχώτερος",
      "roman": "eustokhṓteros",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "εὐστοχώτᾰτος",
      "roman": "eustokhṓtătos",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "εὔστοχον"
      },
      "expansion": "εὔστοχος • (eústokhos) m or f (neuter εὔστοχον); second declension",
      "name": "grc-adj-2nd"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "εὔστοχος",
        "2": "ον"
      },
      "name": "grc-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Ancient Greek",
  "lang_code": "grc",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "tôid’ àn eustókhōi pterôi",
          "text": "τῷδ’ ἂν εὐστόχῳ πτερῷ",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "akóntion eústokhon",
          "text": "ἀκόντιον εὔστοχον",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "plēgḕ eústokhos",
          "text": "πληγὴ εὔστοχος",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "well-aimed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "well",
          "well"
        ],
        [
          "aimed",
          "aimed"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "hósoi dè tóxois kheîr’ ékhousin eústokhon",
          "text": "ὅσοι δὲ τόξοις χεῖρ’ ἔχουσιν εὔστοχον",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "lónkhais ... eustokhṓtatoi",
          "text": "λόγχαις ... εὐστοχώτατοι",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eústokhos tḕn toxikḗn",
          "text": "εὔστοχος τὴν τοξικήν",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eustókhōs bállein",
          "text": "εὐστόχως βάλλειν",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eústokha bállein toxeúein",
          "text": "εὔστοχα βάλλειν τοξεύειν",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eustokhṓtata",
          "text": "εὐστοχώτατα",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "aiming well"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aiming",
          "aiming"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "bouleutḗrion eústokhon",
          "text": "βουλευτήριον εὔστοχον",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eústokhón ti énesti toîs kakoîs",
          "text": "εὔστοχόν τι ἔνεστι τοῖς κακοῖς",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "english": "ready at repartee",
          "roman": "eústokhos en apantḗsesin",
          "text": "εὔστοχος ἐν ἀπαντήσεσιν",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "roman": "eustókhōs",
          "text": "εὐστόχως",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "making good shots, guessing well, hitting the right nail on the head, shrewd"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "figurative",
          "Appendix:Glossary#figurative"
        ],
        [
          "making",
          "making"
        ],
        [
          "guessing",
          "guessing"
        ],
        [
          "hitting",
          "hitting"
        ],
        [
          "shrewd",
          "shrewd"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative)",
        "making good shots, guessing well, hitting the right nail on the head, shrewd"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek terms with usage examples",
        "Requests for translations of Ancient Greek usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "roman": "ágrē eústokhos",
          "text": "ἄγρη εὔστοχος",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "successful"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ěu̯s.to.kʰos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɸs.to.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈefs.to.xos/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ěu̯s.to.kʰos/",
      "note": "5ᵗʰ BCE Attic"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈews.to.kʰos/",
      "note": "1ˢᵗ CE Egyptian"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈeɸs.to.xos/",
      "note": "4ᵗʰ CE Koine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈefs.to.xos/",
      "note": "10ᵗʰ CE Byzantine"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈefs.to.xos/",
      "note": "15ᵗʰ CE Constantinopolitan"
    }
  ],
  "word": "εὔστοχος"
}

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