εὔφορος

A. well or patiently borne, πόνοι Pi. N. 10.24.

2. easy to bear or wear, manageable, light, ὅπλα X. Cyr. 2.3.14 (Sup.); δόρυ Id. Eq. 7.8 (Sup.); ἔκπωμα Critias Fr. 34 D.(Sup.); σφενδόνη Luc. Dom. 7; ductile, of clay, Ph. 1.418 (Sup.); of wines, -ώτατοι κεφαλῇ καὶ πέψεσιν Ruf. ap. Orib. 6.38.15.

3. easily borne, spreading rapidly, of diseases, Luc. Abd. 27; of persons, εὔ. πρὸς ἡδονὰς λόγων Longin. 44.1.

II. of the body, active, vigorous, healthy, Phoc. 3.4; εὔ. ἔχειν τὸ σῶμα Arist. HA 575a33; but, capable of graceful movement, in dancing, -ώτερον τὸ σῶμα ἕξειν X. Smp. 2.16.

2. able to endure, patient: in Adv. -ρως , τλῆναι S. Ph. 872; ὀχεῖν Democr. 173: Comp. -ώτερον , φέρειν Hp. Fract. 18: Sup. -ώτατα , φέρειν Aph. 1.13; τὰ κρύη καὶ τοὺς χειμῶνας εὐ. ἔχειν Plu. 2.651c.

3. of animals and plants, productive, fertile, Arist. HA 538a1, Thphr. CP 1.17.10; χώρα Ph. 2.297 (Sup.); ἀγρός Plu. 2.59a: c. gen., ὀπωρας Hdn. 1.6.1; πυρετῶν Gal. 7.334: metaph., εὔ. γνῶσις Phld. Hom. p.62 O.(dub.); πόλις εὔ. πρὸς ἀνδρῶν ἀρετήν rich in manly virtue, D.H. Rh. 3.3.

4. easily able to do, c. inf., Aret. SD 1.2.

5. Adv. -ρως easily, εὐ. καὶ μετὰ ῥαστώνης ἐνεργεῖν Ph. 2.283; ἐς τὸ πάθος ἐκφερόμενος App. BC 2.146 (Sup.); εὐφόρως ἔχειν τῆς γλώττης to have a ready tongue, Philostr. VS 1.25.5; εὐφόρως ἔχειν to feel well, Gal. 11.28: with no Verb expressed, κοιλίαι τοῖσι πλείστοισι πάνυ εὐφόρως Hp. Epid. 1.3, cf. Gal. 17(1).209: Comp. -ωτέρως , περιγίνεσθαι Hp. Art. 69.—An irreg. Comp. εὐφορέστερος in Aret. CA 1.4.