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Εὔχεμος · Euchemos, Euchemus (ε 3821) · Suda

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Near ε3821

ε3817natural ability, natural suitableness
ε3818I favour, I oblige, I thank
ε3819vow
ε3820beautifully-maned
ε3821Euchemos, Euchemus
ε3822dexterity
ε3823claims
ε3824of a white-clad(?)
ε3825dexterity

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε3821

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Εὔχεμος

Euchemos, Euchemus

Translated by David Whitehead28 Nov 2002Vetting: high6 revisions

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7 words

Translation

A proper name. The man from Aigai↗.¹

Greek original · Adler’s text

Εὔχεμος· ὄνομα κύριον. ὁ Αἰγεάτης.

Betacode

*eu)/xemos: o)/noma ku/rion. o( *ai)gea/ths.

Notes

[1] So the transmitted text, but read 'from Tegea' (*tegea/ths, in the central Peloponnese, 40km north of Sparta, Barrington Atlas map 58 grid C3); Pausanias 8.45.3 (web address 1). See further epsilon 2239 and the note there.

External resources

Web address 1 perseus.tufts.edu

Linked from1 entry

ε2239Ἐπιβολήplan, projectAlso [meaning] an undertaking, a first beginning. Polybius [writes]: "for there is a time when accident counteracts the plans of good men, and again a time when, as the proverb goes, 'A good man meets in his turn…

Neighbouring entries

ε3819Εὐχάvow ε3820Εὐχαίτηςbeautifully-maned ε3821ΕὔχεμοςEuchemos, Euchemus ε3822Εὐχέρειαdexterity ε3823Εὔχεταιclaims

Revision history6 revisions · last 17 Mar 2018

17 Mar 2018added map citation and link — Ronald Allen
13 Feb 2015Revised — David Whitehead
31 Jul 2011Revised — David Whitehead
17 Jan 2007more keywords — David Whitehead
11 Mar 2003augmented note — David Whitehead
28 Nov 2002Revised — Catharine Roth
28 Nov 2002Translated — David Whitehead

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Εὔχεμος (Adler number epsilon 3821), trans. David Whitehead, 28 Nov 2002. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/3821

Translation by David Whitehead for Suda On Line, revised by Ronald Allen, David Whitehead, Catharine Roth, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗