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εὐδοκέω

εὐδοκέω, to be well pleased

εὐδοκ-έω,
  • to be well pleased or content, Plb. 2.49.2, al.; ἐάν . . Id. 29.12.8: c. part., Id. 15.36.6: c. dat., to be content with, find pleasure in a person or thing, Id. 18.52.5, D.S. 17.47, D.H. 8.74; τῇ ἀδικίᾳ 2 Ep.Thess. 2.12; ἔν τινι LXX Is. 62.4, al., 2 Ep.Cor. 12.10, al.; εἴς τινα 2 Ep.Pet. 1.17; ἐπί τινι LXX Ju. 15.10: also c. acc., τινα ib. Ge. 33.10; [ἐγγύους] SIG 672.27 (Delph., ii B. C.); ἡ γῆ -ήσει τὰ σάββατα LXX Le. 26.34.
      • 2 consent, approve, c. dat., τοῖς γεγραμμένοις PLond. 3.1168.15 (i A. D.), al.; τῇ δημοσιώσει POxy. 1273.40 (iii A. D.); also ἐπί τινι PTeb. 317.33 (ii A. D.), al.: freq. abs. in legal documents, PRyl. 120.24 (ii A. D.), etc.
      • 3 c. inf., consent, agree to do, Plb. 1.78.8, al. (and c. acc. et inf., consent that . ., Id. 1.8.4, LXX 2 Ma. 14.35); to be ready, willing, PGrenf. 1.1.17 (ii B. C.), 1 Ep.Thess. 2.8.
        • b determine, resolve, Ev.Luc. 12.32, etc.
      • 4 to be content, happy, Phld. D. 1.1:— also in Med., τῆς εὐδοκουμένης ζωῆς Id. Mort. 36.
      • 5 Med., = Act. in signf. I, ἐπί τινι Plb. 1.8.4; τινι Id. 3.31.6, D.S. 15.16 codd.; περί τινος Phld. Rh.Supp. p.44 S.
    • II Pass., to be favoured, i.e. prosper, LXX 1 Ch. 29.23: c. dat., find approval with, τισι Plb. 1.88.4, al.
      • 2 to be approved, ὑπό τινων BGU 1157.12 (i B. C.).
    • III of persons or things, to be well-pleasing or acceptable, find favour with, τινι Plb. 20.5.10, Max.Tyr. 32.5; τὰ -οῦντα ἑαυτῷ Phld. Rh.Supp. p.54 S.
    • IV c. acc. et gen., deem worthy of, τινα τιμῆς PLond. 1.3.6 (ii B. C.).

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