ἐπαφρόδ-ῑτος, ον,
(Ἀφροδίτη) lovely, fascinating, charming, of persons, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.135, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.42 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, ἔπη καὶ ἔργα [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 8.15 (_comparative_, codices)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίησις [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.65 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative -ότατος[[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Hiero” 1.35 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. adverb -τως, γράφειν [[ 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Lysia” 11, compare 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.1, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 6.3. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II used to translate Sulla's epithet Felix, favoured by Venus, i.e. fortune's favourite (metaphorically from the dice), [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sulla” 34, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 1.97. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__III gracious, ἡγεμονία [[ “PRyl.” 77.36 (2nd c.AD). ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]