μεγαλοψυχία
δός μοι πᾷ στῶ καὶ τὰν γᾶν κινήσω → give me a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a place to stand and I'll move the earth, give me the place to stand and I shall move the earth, give me a place to stand and with a lever I will move the whole world, give me a firm spot to stand and I will move the world, give me a lever and a place to stand and I will move the earth, give me a fulcrum and I shall move the world
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.
