φιλανθρωπία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A humanity, benevolence, kind-heartedness, humane feeling, or, in a weaker sense, kindliness, courtesy,    I of men, Hp.Praec. 6, Pl.Euthphr.3d, X.Cyr.1.4.1, Act.Ap.28.2, etc.; opp. σεμνότης, Isoc. 15.133; opp. φθόνος, D.20.165; opp. ὠμότης, ib.109; joined with εὔνοια, Isoc.5.114, D.18.5; with πραότης, Isoc.5.116; with χρηστότης, Iamb. ap. Stob.4.5.76; φ. λόγων courtesy, D.18.298; τῆς παρὰ τουτωνὶ τιμῆς καὶ φ. ib.209; φ. διὰ τῶν λόγων Plb.28.17.11; φ. προσάγειν τινί Id.1.81.8; φ. εἰς or πρὸς τοὺς αἰχμαλώτους, ib.79.8, 11; ὑπὸ φιλανθρωπίας Pl.l. c.; μετὰ φ. Isoc.15 l. c.; clemency, X.Cyr.7.5.73; so φιλανθρωπίᾳ Id.Ages.1.22; the intercourse of lovers, Aeschin.1.171: pl., acts of kindness, courtesies, D.8.70, 25.86, Plb.36.17.13, Phld.Rh.2.160 S., etc.    b ἡ σὴ φ. as a form of address, your Clemency, PRyl.296 (ii A. D.), etc.    2 of God, love to man, Ep. Tit.3.4, al.    II of things, ἡ τοῦ ὀνόματος (i. e. νόμος) φ. its mildness, D.24.156; ἡ φ. τῆς τέχνης, of agriculture, X.Oec.15.4, cf. Aeschin.2.15; χώρα πάσης φ. ἐστερημένη, of a desert country, D.S. 17.50; in disease, mild symptoms, Gal.19.219.    III concession, privilege, UPZ162 vii 21 (ii B. C.), OGI139.20 (Egypt, ii B. C.), Rev.Phil.10 (1936).253 (Ilium); θεία φ. imperial grant, SIG888.102 (Scaptopara, iii A. D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1275] ἡ, das Wesen, Betragen des φιλάνθρωπος, Menschenliebe, Menschenfreundlichkeit; Plat. Euthyphr. 3 d; Xen. Cyr. 1, 4,1. 4, 2,10; Dem. 24, 156; Ggstz von ὠμότης Lpt. 109; φιλανθρωπίαι καὶ ἐγγύαι γίγνονται Dem. 25, 86; εἴς τινα, Pol. 1, 79, 8; πρός τινα, 1, 79, 11; φιλανθρωπίαν προσάγειν τινί 1, 81, 8; ἡ διὰ τῶν λόγων φιλ. 8, 15, 11; Sp., wie Plut. Lyc. 16 u. oft; Luc. u. A.; D. Sic. 17, 50 sagt χώρα ἐστερημένη πάσης φιλανθρωπίας, aller menschlichen Cultur entbehrend.