lenity
From LSJ
ἐν οἰκίᾳ τυφλῶν καὶ ὁ νυκτάλωψ ὀξυδερκής → even the day-blind is sharp-eyed in a blind house | among the blind, the one-eyed man is king
P. πραότης, ἡ, φιλανθρωπία. ἡ, ἐπιείκεια, ἡ, V. πρευμένεια, ἡ.
moderateness (of punishment. etc.): P. μετριότης, ἡ.
