LogeionPerseus analysis of ἐΰ:
ἐΰ,εὖ (well): epic (indeclform adverb)
LSJ entry
εὖ
εὖ,
Ep. also ἐΰ Od. 1.302,
etc., cf. A.D. Adv. 200.20:
Adv. (prop. neut. of ἐΰς):—
I. of knowledge or action, well, thoroughly, competently,
εὖ μέν τις δόρυ θηξάσθω, εὖ δʼ ἀσπίδα θέσθω Il. 2.382;
εὖ καὶ ἐπισταμένως κέασαν ξύλα Od. 20.161;
τὴν πόλιν κοσμέων καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ Hdt. 1.59;
τὸ πρᾶγμα βασανίσας καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ Pl. Euthd. 307b,
etc.; τόξων ἐῢ εἰδώς cunning with the bow, Il. 2.718,
etc.; εὖ τόδʼ ἴσθι A. Pers. 173 (troch.); εὖ γὰρ σαφῶς τόδʼ ἴστε ib.784;
εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι parenthetic in colloquial speech, σὺ γὰρ εὖ οἶδʼ ὅτι οὐ πράγματʼ ᾄσει Ar. Pax 1296,
cf. D. 14.2,
etc.; εὖ οἶδα,
in answers, Dioxipp.4; εὖ μήδεο consider well,
Il. 2.360;
εὖ λέγεις well spoken !
Pl. Ap. 24e,
cf. D. 5.2,
etc.: with λέγω omitted, οὐδὲ τοῦτʼ εὖ Ἐρατοσθένης Str. 1.3.1.
3. with passive or intransitive Verbs, fortunately, happily, in good case,
εὖ ζώουσι Od. 19.79;
εὖ οἴκαδʼ ἱκέσθαι safely,
Il. 1.19,
cf. Od. 3.188;
τοῦ βίου εὖ ἥκειν Hdt. 1.30;
εὖ φρονῶν in oneʼs right mind, A. Pr. 387,
etc. (but εὖ φρονεῖν εἴς τινας, τὰ σά,
to be well-disposed towards, And. 2.4,
S. Aj. 491);
standing last for emphasis, ἄνδρες γεγονότες εὖ Hdt. 7.134;
νόμους μὴ λύειν ἔχοντας εὖ Id. 3.82;
τελευτήσει τὸν βίον εὖ Id. 1.32,
cf. Th. 1.71,
Arist. EN 1124b13,
etc.: separated from its Verb, εὖ πρᾶγμα συντεθέν D. 18.144.
II. coupled with other Adverbs, esp. when qualifying nouns, adjectives, and adverbs, εὖ μάλα Od. 4.96,
etc.; ἡ ἀορτὴ εὖ μάλα κοίλη Arist. HA 514b22;
εὖ μάλα πᾶσαι h.Ap. 171;
εὖ μάλα πολλά Heraclit. 35;
εὖ μάλα πρεσβύτης Pl. Euthphr. 4a;
μάλα εὖ καὶ κομψῶς Id. Sph. 236d;
εὖ καὶ μάλα Id. Smp. 194a (sed cf. CQ 15.4);
κάρτα εὖ Hdt. 3.150;
εὖ . . πάνυ or πάνυ εὖ,
Ar. Pl. 198,
Pl. Men. 80b;
εὖ σφόδρα Nicostr. 8,
Philem. 75.4;
εὖ κἀνδρικῶς, εὖ κἀνδρείως,
Ar. Eq. 379 (lyr.), Th. 656;
καλῶστεκαὶ εὖ (v.supr.1.1);
εὖ τε καὶ καλῶς Pl. R. 503d.