Εὐρείτης

fair-flowing

Translated by Catharine Roth8 Jul 2006Vetting: high3 revisions

9 words

An adjective. [sc. Applied to] the beautifully flowing river.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὐρείτης· ἐπίθετον. ὁ καλῶς ῥέων ποταμός.

Betacode

*eu)rei/ths: e)pi/qeton. o( kalw=s r(e/wn potamo/s.

The epic form is e)u+rrei/ths; eu)rei/ths occurs in Attic tragedy (Euripides, Trojan Women 810).
Similar entry already in Hesychius (epsilon7102), glossing genitive eu)rei/tao -- derived from e)u+rrei/tao in Homer, Iliad 6.34 -- with tou= kalw=s r(e/ontos.