εὔ·θετος, ος, ον, bien disposé, bien arrangé, HPC. Off. 744 ; d’où qui s’adapte bien, convenable (instrument, vêtement) ESCHL. Sept. 642, etc. ; en parl. de pers. εὔθ. τινι, N. DAM. (STOB. Fl. 1, 331) ; πρός τι, POL. 25, 5, 6 ; κατά τι, DS. Exc. 598, 34, propre à qqe ch.

• Cp. -ώτερος, HPC.

Étym. εὖ, τίθημι.

ον, (< τίθημι) well-arranged, conveniently placed, ὀστέα Hp. Off. 15; Comp. -ώτερος Id. Fract. 4; ἐν εὐ. τόπῳ in a suitable place, Ἀρχ. Δελτ. 7.200 (Ephesus). b. of the ashes of a corpse, easily stowed, A. Ag. 444 (lyr.); so of the corpse, laid out for burial (cf. εὐθετέω), Supp.Epigr. 1.449 (Phrygia, iii AD); εὔ. σάκος, ἀρβύλαι, well-fitting, ready for use, A. Th. 642 (Sch., εὔκυκλον cod. Med.), Fr. 259; εὔ. εἴς τι D.S. 2.57; πρός τι Id. 5.37; εὔθετόν ἐστι c. inf., it is convenient…, Id. 21.21; καιρὸς εὔ. LXX Ps. 31 (32).6, D.S. 5.57. of persons, well-adapted, εἰς τοὺς τραγῳδοὺς εὔ., οὐκ εἰς τὸν βίον Philem. 105.5; εἰς, πρὸς φιλίαν, Phld. Ir. p. 46 W., Lib. p. 45 O. ; εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τοῦ θεοῦ Ev. Luc. 9.62; πράγματι for a business, Nicol. ap. Stob. 3.1.40; πρός τι Plb. 25.3.6, etc. ; quick, able, κατὰ τὰς ἐντεύξεις τοῖς ὄχλοις εὔ. D.S. 33.22; abs., εὔθετοι fit and proper persons, PTeb. 27.44 (ii BC), etc. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν Hp. Fract. 23; πρός τι D.S. 33.4.

gut gesetzt, gelegt, gut geordnet, Hippocr.; gut zusammengesetzt, gut gearbeitet, σάκος Aesch. Spt. 624 ; λέβητες Ag. 432 ; εἴς τι, zu Etwas geschickt, DS. 2.57 ; Ath. I.25a u. a.Sp., auch τῷ πράγματι, Nicol. Stob. fl. 14.7 (v. 40); πρός τι, Pol. 26.5.6.
• Adv., εὐθέτως ἔχειν πρός τι, geeignet sein zu Etwas, DS. exc. 593.5.

εὔ-θετος, -ον
(< τίθημι), [in LXX: Psa.32:6 (מָצָא), From Th Sus 1:15* ;]
ready for use, fit: of things, with dative, Heb.6:7; before εἰς, Luk.14:35; of persons, with dative, Luk.9:62 (for rabbinic parallels, see Dalman, Words, 119 f.).†
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