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Εὐμένους (Eumenous)

Εὐμένους is an Ancient Greek form of εὐμενής, meaning “kindly, well-disposed”. It is the genitive singular masculine adjective.

It can also be a form of Εὐμένης, “Eumenes — esp. Alexander's secretary, or kings of Pergamum”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

It can also be a form of Εὐμενής, “Eumenes — e.g. of Cardia (Alexander's secretary) or Eumenes II of Pergamum (here)”. It is the genitive singular masculine noun or adjective.

Found 101 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Euripides, Suppliants 1230: ἐς ὀρθὸν ἵστη· σοῦ γὰρ εὐμενοῦς πόλει

Plutarch, Marcus Cato 8.7: … το θαυμάζειν ὡς ἰσχυρότερον τῆς θαλάττης· ἃ γὰρ ἐκείνη μόλις ἔκλυζεν, οὗτος, ἔφη, ῥᾳδίως καταπέπωκεν. ἐπεὶ δὲ Εὐμένους τοῦ βασιλέως ἐπιδημήσαντος εἰς Ῥώμην ἥ τε σύγκλητος ὑπερφυῶς ἀπεδέξατο καὶ τῶν πρώτων ἅμιλλα καὶ σπουδὴ Περὶ …

Plutarch, Titus Flamininus 21.6: καί τὰ ὕστερά πως ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐμαρτύρησε τῷ Τίτῳ, τοῦτο μὲν Ἀριστόνικος ὁ τοῦ κιθαρῳδοῦ διὰ τὴν Εὐμενοῦς δόξαν ἐμπλήσας ἅπασαν ἀποστάσεων καί πολέμων τὴν Ἀσίαν, τοῦτο δὲ Μιθριδάτης μετὰ Σύλλαν καί Φιμβρίαν καί τοσο …

All forms of εὐμενής (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.