ἐλευθέριος
English (LSJ)
ον, also α, ον X.Smp.8.16:—
A speaking or acting like a freeman, free-spirited, ἐ. καὶ δημωφελής Democr.282, etc.; ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ ἐ. Pl.Lg.635d; opp. δουλοπρεπής, X.Mem.2.8.4 (Comp.); of certain animals, as the lion, ἐ. καὶ ἀνδρεῖα καὶ εὐγενῆ Arist.HA488b16. b esp.freely giving, bountiful, ἐ. εἰς χρήματα X. Smp.4.15 (Comp.), cf. Arist.EN1120a8, etc. 2 of pursuits, etc., fit for a freeman, liberal, πτηνῶν θήρας . . ἔρως οὐ σφόδρα ἐ. Pl.Lg.823e, cf.Grg.485b; ἐπιστήμη Id.Ax.369b (Sup.); τέχναι Plu.2.122d; βίος Men 408(dub.); διαγωγή Arist.Pol.1339b5; παιδεία ib.1338a32; πρᾶξις, ἔργα, ib.1263b12, Oec.1344a28; ἡδοναὶ -ώταται, κινήσεις -ώτεραι, Id.EN1118b4, Pol.1340b10; τὸ ἐ.,= ἐλευθεριότης, X.Mem.3.10.5 : prov., ὕδωρ πίοιμι ἐ., i.e. may I become free, because slaves set free at Argos were then first allowed to drink of the spring Κυνάδρα, Antiph. 25. 3 of appearance, frank, noble, εὐπρεπής τε ἰδεῖν καὶ ἐ. X.Mem. 2.1.22, cf. Lac.11.3 (Comp.); ἵππος Id.Eq.10.17. II Adv. -ίως, ζῆν Arist.Pol.1326b31; τεθραμμένους Isoc.4.49, 7.43 (prob.): Comp. -ιώτερον, ζῆν X.Mem.1.6.3: Sup. -ιώτατα ib.4.8.1. III Ζεὺς Ἐ. Zeus the Deliverer, Pi.O.12.1, Simon.140.4, Hdt.3.142, etc. IV Ἐ., ὁ (sc. μήν),= Ἐλευθεριών, SIG1044.26.
German (Pape)
[Seite 795] ον, auch fem. ἐλευθερία, Xen. Conv. 8, 16, was dem Freien ziemt, Einer der wie ein Freier denkt, spricht u. handelt, freisinnig, edel; καὶ χαρίεν Plat. Gorg. 485 b; πτηνῶν θήρας ἔρως οὐ σφόδρα ἐλευθέριος Legg. VII, 823 e; Ggstz δουλοπρεπής, Xen. Hem. 2, 8, 4; vom Körper, von edler Haltung, edlem Ansehen, ἐλευθεριωτέρους καὶ γοργοτέρους φαίνεσθαι Lac. 11, 3. 12, 5; von Pferden, Equ. 10, 17, von Löwen, Arist. H. A. 1, 1. Bes. freigebig, gern mittheilend, nicht ängstlich auf Gelderwerb u. Sparen bedacht; Arist. Nic. eth. 4, 1; εἰς χρήματα Xen. Conv. 4, 15, s. ἐλευθεριότης; – ἡ ἐλευθεριωτάτη ἐπιστήμη Plat. Ax. 369 b, wie ἐλ. διατριβαί, studia liberalia, Plut. Rom. 6 u. öfter bei Sp. – Ζεὺς ἐλ., der Befreier, Pind. Ol. 13, 1; Thuc. 2, 71 u. A.; Ἥλιος, Paus. 2, 31, 5. S. ἐλευθέρια. – Ὕδωρ, Antiphan. bei Ath. III, 123 b, nach VLL. aus einer Quelle Kynadra in Argos. – Adv. ἐλευθερίως, Xen. Mem. 2, 7, 4 u. A.