well-grown, shapely
εὐφῠ-ής,ές, (φυή)
A. well-grown, shapely, μηροί
Il. 4.147
; πτελέη
21.243
;κλάδος, of ivy, E. Fr. 88 ; πρόσωπον
Id. Med. 1198
; ὀδόντες
Alex. 98.20
; μαζοί
AP 5.55
( Diosc. );suitably formed, πόδες
Arist. PA 691b15
;χορείας εὐφυὴς βάσις well-ordered, graceful, Ar. Th. 968 (lyr.).
II.
of good natural disposition, X. Mem. 1.6.13 , al., Arist. EN 1114b8 , Thphr. Char. 29.4 ; of horses and dogs, X. Mem. 4.1.3 ( Sup. ), Jul. Or. 2.87a .
2. naturally suitedoradapted, πρός τι
Pl. R. 455b
; πρὸς τὰς τέχνας
Isoc. 4.33
( Sup. ); εἴς τι
Pl. Prt. 327b
( Sup. ); οὐκ εὐ. λέγειν
Aeschin. 1.181
; εὐ. τὰ σώματα καὶ τὰς ψυχάς
Pl. R. 409e
; - έστατος τὴν γνώμην
Isoc. 9.41
: rarely in bad sense, εὐ. πρὸς ἀγονίαν
Arist. GA 748b8
.Adv.,εὐφυῶς ἔχειc.inf., Id. Pol. 1321a9 ;εὐ. ἔχειν πρὸς. . ib. 1303b8 : Comp. -έστερον
, ἔχειν
D. 61.42
; also -εστέρως
Hierocl. p.27A.
3. of place,well situated, Arist. PA 666a14 ( Sup. ); of time, καιρὸς εὐ. πρὸς σωτηρίαν
Plb. 1.19.12
.Adv.-ῶς , κεῖσθαι πρὸς. . , Arist. Pol. 1327a33 .
III. naturally clever, like εὐτράπελος , euphem. forβωμολόχος, Isoc. 7.49 , 15.284 ;σοφιστὴς εὐ. Alex. 36.4 , cf. 135.13 ;εὐφυής a man of genius, Arist. Po. 1455a32 , cf. Rh. 1390b28 ; opp.γεγυμνασμένος, ib. 1410b8 ; of hounds, Id. HA 608a27 ( Comp. ).Adv. εὐφυῶς cleverly, skilfully, Pl. R. 401c ; κολακεύειν
Antiph. 144.2
; ὀψοποιεῖν
Alex. 24.1
.
