Strong G2095εὖ

εὖ,
Epic dialect also ἐΰ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.302, etc., compare 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Adverbiis;” 200.20:)] adverb (properly neuter of ἐΰς):—well, opposed to κακῶς (as in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.63), 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, etc.)]
I of knowledge or action, well, thoroughly, competently, εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω, εὖ δ᾽ ἀσπίδα θέσθω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.382; εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένως κέασαν ξύλα 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 20.161; τὴν πόλιν κοσμέων καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59; τὸ πρᾶγμα βασανίσας καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 307b, etc.)]; τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς cunning with the bow, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.718, etc.; εὖ τόδ᾽ ἴσθι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 173 (troch.); εὖ γὰρ σαφῶς τόδ᾽ ἴστε [prev. work] 784)]; εὖ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι parenthetic in colloquial speech, σὺ γὰρ εὖ οἶδ᾽ ὅτι οὐ πράγματ᾽ ᾄσει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 1296, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 14.2, etc.)]; εὖ οἶδα, in answers, Dioxipp.4; εὖ μήδεο consider well, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.360)]; εὖ λέγεις well spoken ! [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 24e, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 5.2, etc.: with λέγω omitted, οὐδὲ τοῦτ᾽ εὖ Ἐρατοσθένης 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.3.1.)]
I.2 morally well, kindly, εὖ ἔρδειν, ={εὐεργετεῖν}, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.650)]; εὖ εἰπεῖν τινα to speak well of him, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.302; εὖ δρᾶν εὖ παθών 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 672, etc.)]
I.3 with passive or intransitive Verbs, fortunately, happily, in good case, εὖ ζώουσι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.79)]; εὖ οἴκαδ᾽ ἱκέσθαι safely, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.19, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.188; τοῦ βίου εὖ ἥκειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.30)]; εὖ φρονῶν in one's right mind, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 387, etc. (but εὖ φρονεῖν εἴς τινας, τὰ σά)], to be well-disposed towards, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.4, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 491))]; standing last for emphasis, ἄνδρες γεγονότες εὖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.134; νόμους μὴ λύειν ἔχοντας εὖ [prev. author] 3.82; τελευτήσει τὸν βίον εὖ [prev. author] 1.32, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.71, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1124b13, etc.)]: separated from its Verb, εὖ πρᾶγμα συντεθέν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.144.)]
II coupled with other Adverbs, especially when qualifying nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, εὖ μάλα [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.96, etc.; ἡ ἀορτὴ εὖ μάλα κοίλη 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 514b22; εὖ μάλα πᾶσαι “hymnus ad Apollinem” 171; εὖ μάλα πολλά 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 35; εὖ μάλα πρεσβύτης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 4a; μάλα εὖ καὶ κομψῶς [prev. author] “Sph.” 236d; εὖ καὶ μάλα [prev. author] “Smp.” 194a (sed compare “CQ” 15.4); κάρτα εὖ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.150)]; εὖ.. πάνυ or πάνυ εὖ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 198, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Meno” 80b; εὖ σφόδρα 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Philosophus 8, 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 75.4)]; εὖ κἀνδρικῶς, εὖ κἀνδρείως, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 379 (Lyric poetry), “Th.” 656)]; καλῶστεκαὶ εὖ[Refs 5th c.BC+ ((see.above 1.1); εὖ τε καὶ καλῶς 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 503d.)]
III as substantive, τὸ εὖ the right, the good cause, τὸ δ᾽ εὖ νικάτω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 121; τὸ γὰρ εὖ μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 661; the “Good”, final cause, τὸ εὖ τεκταινόμενος ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς γιγνομένοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 68e; τοῦ εὖ ἕνεκα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Sensu” 437a1, compare [same work] “Metaphorical” 1092b26)]: in Art, perfection, the ideal, τὸ εὖ διὰ πολλῶν ἀριθμῶν γίνεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Polyclitus Philosophus 2.)]
IV as the Predicate of a proposition, τί τῶνδ᾽ ε; [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 338 (Lyric poetry), compare 116)]; εὖ εἴη may it be well, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ag.” 216 (Lyric poetry))]; εὐορκεῦντι μέμ μοι εὖ εἶμεν or εἴη, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“SIG” 953.9 (Calymna, 2nd c.BC), “PEleph.” 23.19 (3rd c.BC))]; εὖ σοι γένοιτο well be with thee, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 627, compare “fragment” 707.)]
V Interjection, well done! to cheer on dogs, εὖ κύνες [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 9.20)]; ahoy! ho! [Refs (Lyric poetry Alex.Adesp. 20.11)]; compare εὖγε.
VI in Compds., implying abundance (εὐανδρία), prosperity (εὐδαίμων, opposed to κακοδαίμων), ease (εὔβατος, opposed to δύσβατος): compounded only with Nouns and adjectives (hence εὖ πάσχω, εὖ ποιέω are better written divisim, but εὐποιητικός implies εὐποιέω: see at {ἀντευποιέω}); εὐδοκέω is exceptional. (Replaced by καλῶς in later Gr., except in set phrases.)