εὔκολος, ον,
(κόλον):
__I of persons, easily satisfied, contented with one's food, Ἐρμείας “Anthologia Graeca” 9.72 (Antip.); εὔ. τῇ διαίτῃ [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Lycurgus” 16; τὸ εὔκολον τῆς διαίτης [prev. author] “Galb.” 3: but, in earlier authors, ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.2 of the mind, opposed to δύσκολος, easily satisfied, contented, good-natured, ὁ δ᾽ εὔ. μὲν ἐνθάδ᾽, εὔ. δ᾽ ἐκεῖ, of Sophocles, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 82, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1381a31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: superlative, [[ 2nd c.AD: Maximus Tyrius Sophista 26.2: with _dative_, εὔ. πολίταις] Refs 2nd c.AD+] at peace with them, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 359; εὔ. ἑαυτῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 330a; εὔ. πρὸς τοὺς συνήθεις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 1 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, εὔ. φέρειν ἧτταν [[ [prev. author] 2.629a ] Refs]. adverb -λως calmly, εὐχερῶς καὶ εὐ. ἐξέπιεν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 117c, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.3 (variant -κλεῶς); εὐ. φέρειν τι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1100b31, compare 4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 53.4; εὐ. ἔχειν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 4.9; εὐθύμως καὶ εὐ. ζῆν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.8.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; carelessly, διειλέχθαι [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 242c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: comparative -ώτερον, ἀποθανούμεθα [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.235c ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; -ωτέρως [[ 7th c.AD: Stephanus Medicus “in Gal.” 1.294 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also -ώτερον κρατῆσαι more easily, [[ 2nd c.AD: Polyaenus Historicus 5.13.2. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]