ας (ἡ) [ῠ]
   I heureuse croissance, HPC. Off. 742 ; d’où bonne nature, bonne qualité, HPC. 839 g ; PLUT. M. 766 f, Sol. 1 ;
   II p. suite :
      1 au mor. bon naturel, heureuses dispositions, talent, PLAT. Def. 413 d ; ARSTT. Rhet. 1, 6, 15, etc. ;
      2 en parl. de lieux, situation favorable, TH. C.P. 1, 2, 3 ; cf. POL. 2, 68, 5.

➳ Ion. εὐφυΐη, HPC. 839 g.

Étym. εὐφυής.

ἡ, natural goodness of growth or shape, shapeliness, δακτύλων Hp. Off. 4, cf. Art. 82; εὐ. καὶ ὥρα Plu. Sol. 1; ἡ τῶν ζῴων εὐ. Porph. Abst. 3.24.
good natural parts, and morally, goodness of disposition, freq. in both senses at once, Arist. EN 1114b12, Rh. 1362b24, etc. ; defined as τάχος μαθήσεως, Pl. Def. 413d. of places, fertility, favourable situation, etc., εὐ. πρός τι Thphr. CP 1.2.3; ἡ τῶν τόπων εὐ. Plb. 2.68.5. — εὐφύεια is cited from Alex. 317, and is found in Pap., as Anon. in Tht. 4.43, al.

ἡ, der schöne Wuchs, Hippocr.; τοῦ πλατάνου Luc.; καὶ ὥρα Plut. Sol. 1 ; ὄρθιον ὑπόδημα δείκνυσι ποδὸς εὐφυΐαν Amator. 21 ; von der guten Lage eines Ortes, dem günstigen Terrain, Pol. 2.68.5 ; χώρας εὐβοσία καὶ εὐφ. vrbdt Theophr. – Gew. übertr. auf den Geist, gute Anlagen, Talent, vgl. bes. Arist. Eth. Nic. 3.7 u. Plat. defin. 413d ; εὐφυΐα τάχος μαθήσεως, öfter bei Plut. u. a. Sp, wie DS. 1.97 διὰ τὴν εὐφυΐαν ἀξιωθεὶς μεγάλης δόξης.