εἰλικρινής: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ές, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">unmixed, without alloy, pure</b>, ἐκ πυρὸς τοῦ -εστάτου καὶ ὕδατος <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Vict.</span>1.35</span>; <b class="b3">θέρμη, ψῦξις</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">VM</span>19</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ τὸ εἰλικρινῆ ἕκαστα εἶναι</b> (sc. <b class="b3">τὰ φῦλα</b>) <b class="b2">distinct and separate</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.5.14</span>; εἴ τῳ γένοιτο αὐτὸ τὸ καλὸν ἰδεῖν εἰ., καθαρόν, ἄμεικτον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>211e</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ ἧττον εἰ</b>., opp. <b class="b3">τὸ καθαρώτερον</b>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>340b8</span>; τῶν χρωμάτων οὐδὲν ὁρῶμεν εἰ. οἷόν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ πάντα κεκραμένα <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Col.</span>793b13</span>; τὸ λευκὸν [μέλι] οὐκ ἐκ θύμου εἰλικρινοῦς <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">HA</span>627a3</span>; εἰ. καὶ ἀμιγής <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">de An.</span>426b4</span>; ἐν μεγάλῳ εἰ. καὶ κενῷ <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>2p.37U.</span> (fort. <b class="b3">καὶ εἰ</b>.) ; τὸ ἓν εἰ. καὶ καθαρόν Plu. 2.393c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">pure, simple, absolute</b>, <b class="b3">αὐτῇ καθ' αὑτὴν εἰλικρινεῖ τῇ διανοίᾳ χρώμενος</b> the <b class="b2">pure and absolute</b> intellect, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phd.</span>66a</span>; <b class="b3">ψυχὴν αὐτὴν καθ' αὑτὴν εἰ. ἀπαλλάξεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">81c</span>; <b class="b3">γνωσόμεθα . . πᾶν τὸ εἰ</b>. <b class="b2">the pure and absolute</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">67b</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ καθαρόν τε καὶ εἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>52d</span>; τὰς τέρψεις εἰ. ἀποδιδόναι <span class="bibl">Isoc.1.46</span>; <b class="b3">ἡδονὴ εἰ</b>. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1176b20</span>; εὐπορία -εστάτη <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Sent.</span>14</span>; also of evil things, <b class="b2">sheer, absolute</b>, ἀδικία <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>2.2.3</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">sincere</b>, ἀπόδεξις <span class="title">OGI</span>227.12 (Didyma, iii B. C.); <b class="b3">εὔνοια</b> ib.763.41 (Milet., ii B. C.); of persons, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Phil.</span>1.10</span>. Adv. -νῶς <span class="title">OGI</span>441.5 (i B. C.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">total</b>, ἐκλείψεις <span class="bibl">Cleom.2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> Adv. -<b class="b3">νῶς</b> <b class="b2">without mixture, of itself, simply, absolutely</b>, διὰ τὸ εἰ. εἶναι Ἕλληνας καὶ ἀμιγεῖς βαρβάρων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Mx.</span>245d</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ εἰ. ὄν</b> <b class="b2">absolute</b> being, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">R.</span>477a</span>; εἰ. ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος ὡρμημένους <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Smp.</span>181c</span>; εἰ. ὅλον λευκόν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ph.</span>187b4</span>; <b class="b2">without qualification</b>, -νῶς Ταραντῖνοι <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Tact.</span> 4.6</span>: Ion. εἰλικριν-έως, <b class="b3">κρίνεσθαι</b> to have a <b class="b2">clear</b> crisis, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>4.7</span>.—The word is confined to Prose.</span>