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εὐφροσύνην (euphrosynen)

εὐφροσύνην is an Ancient Greek form of εὐφροσύνη, meaning “merriment”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

Found 49 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.1037: ἣ δόμον, ἣ σύμπασαν ἐυφροσύνην βιότοιο·

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 7.1.94: … ς τε μετέχοντα τάς τε πράξεις τὰς κατʼ ἀρετὴν καὶ τοὺς σπουδαίους εἶναι· ἐπιγεννήματα δὲ τήν τε χαρὰν καὶ τὴν εὐφροσύνην καὶ τὰ παραπλήσια.

Plutarch, Maxime Cum Principibus Viris Philosopho Esse Disserendum 3: … φησι. χαρᾶς; γὰρ οὐδὲν οὕτω γόνιμόν ἐστιν ὡς χάρις· ἀλλὰ σοφὸς ἦν ταῖς Χάρισι τὰ ὀνόματα θέμενος Ἀγλαΐην καὶ Εὐφροσύνην καὶ Θάλειαν· τὸ γὰρ ἀγαλλόμενον καὶ τὸ χαῖρον ἐν τῷ διδόντι τὴν χάριν πλεῖόν ἐστι καὶ καθαρώτερον. διὸ τῷ πάσ …

All forms of εὐφροσύνη (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.