εἰλικρινής

English (LSJ)

ές,

   A unmixed, without alloy, pure, ἐκ πυρὸς τοῦ -εστάτου καὶ ὕδατος Hp. Vict.1.35; θέρμη, ψῦξις, Id.VM19; διὰ τὸ εἰλικρινῆ ἕκαστα εἶναι (sc. τὰ φῦλα) distinct and separate, X.Cyr.8.5.14; εἴ τῳ γένοιτο αὐτὸ τὸ καλὸν ἰδεῖν εἰ., καθαρόν, ἄμεικτον Pl.Smp.211e; τὸ ἧττον εἰ., opp. τὸ καθαρώτερον, Arist.Mete.340b8; τῶν χρωμάτων οὐδὲν ὁρῶμεν εἰ. οἷόν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ πάντα κεκραμένα Id.Col.793b13; τὸ λευκὸν [μέλι] οὐκ ἐκ θύμου εἰλικρινοῦς Id.HA627a3; εἰ. καὶ ἀμιγής Id.de An.426b4; ἐν μεγάλῳ εἰ. καὶ κενῷ Epicur.Ep.2p.37U. (fort. καὶ εἰ.) ; τὸ ἓν εἰ. καὶ καθαρόν Plu. 2.393c.    2 pure, simple, absolute, αὐτῇ καθ' αὑτὴν εἰλικρινεῖ τῇ διανοίᾳ χρώμενος the pure and absolute intellect, Pl.Phd.66a; ψυχὴν αὐτὴν καθ' αὑτὴν εἰ. ἀπαλλάξεσθαι ib.81c; γνωσόμεθα . . πᾶν τὸ εἰ. the pure and absolute, ib.67b; τὸ καθαρόν τε καὶ εἰ. Id.Phlb.52d; τὰς τέρψεις εἰ. ἀποδιδόναι Isoc.1.46; ἡδονὴ εἰ. Arist.EN1176b20; εὐπορία -εστάτη Epicur.Sent.14; also of evil things, sheer, absolute, ἀδικία X.Mem.2.2.3.    3 sincere, ἀπόδεξις OGI227.12 (Didyma, iii B. C.); εὔνοια ib.763.41 (Milet., ii B. C.); of persons, Ep.Phil.1.10. Adv. -νῶς OGI441.5 (i B. C.).    4 total, ἐκλείψεις Cleom.2.5.    II Adv. -νῶς without mixture, of itself, simply, absolutely, διὰ τὸ εἰ. εἶναι Ἕλληνας καὶ ἀμιγεῖς βαρβάρων Pl.Mx.245d; τὸ εἰ. ὄν absolute being, Id.R.477a; εἰ. ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος ὡρμημένους Id.Smp.181c; εἰ. ὅλον λευκόν Arist.Ph.187b4; without qualification, -νῶς Ταραντῖνοι Arr.Tact. 4.6: Ion. εἰλικριν-έως, κρίνεσθαι to have a clear crisis, Hp.Epid.4.7.—The word is confined to Prose.