Perseus analyses of ἐσθλόν:

ἐσθλός (good): masc acc sg
ἐσθλός (good): neut nom/voc/acc sg

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ἐσθλός

ἐσθλός, ή, όν, Aeol. ἔσλος Sapph. 28, Alc. 96 : Dor. ἐσλός, ά, όν, Pi. P. 8.73, etc. (never in B.); Arc. ἑσλός Inscr.Olymp. 266 (v B. C.) : Comp. and Sup. -ότερος, -ότατος, AP 9.156 (Antiphil.), 6.240 (Phil.) : —poet. Adj.,

A. = ἀγαθός, good of his kind, ἐ. ἐν σταδίῃ Il. 15.283 : later c. inf., A.R. 1.106, etc. : hence

3. like ἐΰς and φίλος, weakened almost to a possess. pron., ἐσθλὸν ἀνεψιὸν ἐξεναρίξας Il. 16. 573, cf. 5.469, Od. 3.379.

II. of things, good of their kind, φάρμακα, κτήματα, κειμήλια, Il. 11.831, Od. 2.312, Il. 9.330, etc.

4. Subst. ἐσθλά, τά , goods, πυρὴν ἐμπλησέμεν ἐσθλῶν Od. 10.523 ; εἴ τις ἐσλὰ πέπαται Pi. P. 8.73.