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1 Favourable
adj.Friendly: P. and V. εὔνους, εὐμενής, φίλιος, ἵλεως ( sometimes scanned as dissyllable), Ar. and V. φίλος, εὔφρων, πρόφρων, V. πρευμενής, P. εὐνοϊκός.Be favourable to, v.: P. and V. εὐνοεῖν (dat.), P. ἡδέως ἔχειν (dat.).Be favourable ( of fortune): V. εὐροεῖν.Auspicious: P. and V. καλός, εὔφημος (Plat.), εὐτυχής. V. δεξιός, εὐμενής, πρευμενής, Ar. and V. αἴσιος (also Xen. but rare P.).Obtain favourable omens in sacrificing. v.: Ar. and P. καλλιερεῖσθαι.Of wind: P. and V. οὔριος (Thuc. 7, 53; also Plat.).A favourable wind: V. οὖρος, ὁ (also Xen.), P. οὔριος ἄνεμος, ὁ.If the wind is always favourable: P. ἐὰν ἀεὶ κατὰ πρύμναν ἱστῆται τὸ πνεῦμα (Thuc. 2, 97).May our voyage be favourable: V. γένοιτο δὲ πλοῦς οὔριος (Soph., Phil. 779).When after long negotiations they failed to get a favourable answer from the Athenians: P. ἐπειδὴ ἐξ Ἀθηναίων ἐκ πολλοῦ πράσσοντες οὐδὲν ηὕροντο ἐπιτήδειον (Thuc. 1, 58).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Favourable
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