εὐπαίδευτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐ- (eu-, “well”) +‎ παιδεύω (paideúō, “to educate”) +‎ -τος (-tos, passive adjective ending).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.pǎi̯.deu̯.tos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /eʍˈpɛ.deʍ.tos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eɸˈpɛ.ðeɸ.tos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /efˈpe.ðef.tos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /efˈpe.ðef.tos/

Adjective

εὐπαίδευτος • (eupaídeutos) m or f (neuter εὐπαίδευτον); third declension

well-educated
- 3rd century CE, Diogenes Laertius, Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers 1.37:
  τίς εὐδαίμων, "ὁ τὸ μὲν σῶμα ὑγιής, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν εὔπορος, τὴν δὲ φύσιν εὐπαίδευτος."
  tís eudaímōn, "ho tò mèn sôma hugiḗs, tḕn dè psukhḕn eúporos, tḕn dè phúsin eupaídeutos."
  1972 translation by R.D. Hicks
  What man is happy? "He who has a healthy body, a resourceful mind and a docile nature." [reportedly said by Thales of Miletus]

Declension

Second declension of εὐπαίδευτος; εὐπαίδευτον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	εὐπαίδευτος eupaídeutos	εὐπαίδευτον eupaídeuton	εὐπαιδεύτω eupaideútō	εὐπαιδεύτω eupaideútō	εὐπαίδευτοι eupaídeutoi	εὐπαίδευτᾰ eupaídeută
Genitive	εὐπαιδεύτου eupaideútou	εὐπαιδεύτου eupaideútou	εὐπαιδεύτοιν eupaideútoin	εὐπαιδεύτοιν eupaideútoin	εὐπαιδεύτων eupaideútōn	εὐπαιδεύτων eupaideútōn
Dative	εὐπαιδεύτῳ eupaideútōi	εὐπαιδεύτῳ eupaideútōi	εὐπαιδεύτοιν eupaideútoin	εὐπαιδεύτοιν eupaideútoin	εὐπαιδεύτοις eupaideútois	εὐπαιδεύτοις eupaideútois
Accusative	εὐπαίδευτον eupaídeuton	εὐπαίδευτον eupaídeuton	εὐπαιδεύτω eupaideútō	εὐπαιδεύτω eupaideútō	εὐπαιδεύτους eupaideútous	εὐπαίδευτᾰ eupaídeută
Vocative	εὐπαίδευτε eupaídeute	εὐπαίδευτον eupaídeuton	εὐπαιδεύτω eupaideútō	εὐπαιδεύτω eupaideútō	εὐπαίδευτοι eupaídeutoi	εὐπαίδευτᾰ eupaídeută
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	εὐπαιδεύτως eupaideútōs		εὐπαιδευτότερος eupaideutóteros		εὐπαιδευτότᾰτος eupaideutótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

References

“εὐπαίδευτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
εὐπαίδευτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette