μεγαλοψυχία

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οὐκ ἔστι λέουσι καὶ ἀνδράσιν ὅρκια πιστά → there are no pacts between lions and men, between lions and men there are no oaths of faith, there can be no covenants between men and lions

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Transliteration A: megalopsychía Transliteration B: megalopsychia Transliteration C: megalopsychia Beta Code: megaloyuxi/a

English (LSJ)

Ion. -ιη, ἡ,

   A greatness of soul, highmindedness, lordliness, Democr.46, Isoc.9.59, Arist.EN1107b22, 1123a34, Plb.10.40.6, etc.; μ. τῶν ἔργων D.23.205, cf. D.S.1.58; generosity, πρός τινας IG22.1326.25: pl., Plb.1.64.5.    2 in bad sense, arrogance, D.18.68, v.l. in Luc.Tim.28.    3 Quixotism, Pl.Alc.2.150c.

German (Pape)

[Seite 108] ἡ, Großmuth, Seelengröße, edle Gesinnung, Plat. Alc. II, 150 c, wobei μεγαλόψυχος zu vgl.; Arist. Eth. 4, 3, der sie 2, 7 der μικροψυχία u. der χαυνότης als die rechte Mitte entgegensetzt; vgl. S. Emp. adv. phys. 1, 161; bes. Freigebigkeit, Pol. 10, 40, 6 u. öfter; Luc. pro Imag. 9. Uebh. Großartigkeit, τῶν πεπραγμένων, D. Sic. 1, 58.