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|txtha=(WH ἐπιεικία, [[see]] Iota), ἐπιεικείας, ἡ, ([[ἐπιεικής]], [[which]] [[see]]), [[mildness]], [[gentleness]], [[fairness]] (`[[sweet]] [[reasonableness]]' (Matthew Arnold)): [[πραότης]] ([[which]] [[see]]), [[Plutarch]], Pericl. 39; [[with]] [[φιλανθρωπία]], [[Polybius]] 1,14, 4; [[Philo]], vit. Moys. i. § 36; [[with]] [[χρηστότης]], Herodian, 5,1, 12 (6 edition Bekker). Cf. [[Plato]], defin., p. 412b. [[Aristotle]], eth. Nic. 5,10. (SYNONYMS: [[ἐπιείκεια]], [[πραότης]]: "[[πραότης]] magis ad animum [[ἐπιείκεια]] vero magis ad exteriorem conversationem pertinet (Estius on [[πραότης]] virtus magis absoluta; [[ἐπιείκεια]] magis refertur ad alios (Bengel, ibid.). See at [[length]] Trench, § xliii.] | |||
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Revision as of 18:02, 28 August 2017
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A reasonableness, ἔχει τινὰ οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἐπιείκειαν Hp. Fract.31. 2. equity, opp. strict law, Arist.Top.141a16, etc.; κατ' ἐπιείκειαν, opp. κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους, Isoc.18.34; ἄκαμπτον εἰς ἐ. Plu.Cat.Mi.4. 3. of persons, reasonableness, fairness, Th.3.40, 48, 5.86, Pl.Lg.735a, etc.; ἐ. καὶ πρᾳότης Plu.Per.39, cf.2 Ep.Cor.10.1; also, goodness, virtuousness, Lys.16.11, D.21.207, Arist.EN1175b24: pl., joined with χάριτες, Isoc.4.63, cf. 15.149. II. personified, Clemency, Plu.Caes.57.
German (Pape)
[Seite 940] ἡ, die Billigkeit, nach Plat. defin. 412 b u. Arist. Eth. Nic. 5, 10 Milderung des strengen Rechtes mit Berücksichtigung der Umstände, ἐπιεικείᾳ τινὶ δ, καίᾳ χρώμενον Plat. Legg. V, 735 a. Vgl. οὐκ ἄξιον οὔτε κατὰ χάριν οὔτε κατ' ἐπιείκειαν οὔτε κατ' ἄλλο οὐδὲν ἢ κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους ψηφίσασθαι Isocr. 18, 34, wie εἰ δὲ δεῖ τὰς χάριτας καὶ τὰς ἐπιεικείας ἀνελόντας τὸν ἀκριβέστατον τῶν λόγων εἰπεῖν, ohne Rücksicht auf Dank oder Billigkeit, 4, 63; καὶ πρᾳότης Plut. Pericl. 39; Caes. 57 ist ἐπιεικείας ἱερόν Clementiae fanum, wie auch Thuc. οἶκτος καὶ ἐπ. vrbdt, 3, 48. Allgemeiner, gute, anständige Lebensweise, der ἀκολασία entggstzt, Lys. 16, 11.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
convenance, modération, équité ; en gén. douceur, bonté ; la Clémence personnifiée.
Étymologie: ἐπιεικής.
English (Strong)
from ἐπιεικής; suitableness, i.e. (by implication) equity, mildness: clemency, gentleness.
English (Thayer)
(WH ἐπιεικία, see Iota), ἐπιεικείας, ἡ, (ἐπιεικής, which see), mildness, gentleness, fairness (`sweet reasonableness' (Matthew Arnold)): πραότης (which see), Plutarch, Pericl. 39; with φιλανθρωπία, Polybius 1,14, 4; Philo, vit. Moys. i. § 36; with χρηστότης, Herodian, 5,1, 12 (6 edition Bekker). Cf. Plato, defin., p. 412b. Aristotle, eth. Nic. 5,10. (SYNONYMS: ἐπιείκεια, πραότης: "πραότης magis ad animum ἐπιείκεια vero magis ad exteriorem conversationem pertinet (Estius on πραότης virtus magis absoluta; ἐπιείκεια magis refertur ad alios (Bengel, ibid.). See at length Trench, § xliii.]
