ἐπιείκεια

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εἰ δὲ τύχῃ τις ἔρδων, μελίφρον' αἰτίαν ῥοαῖσι Μοισᾶν ἐνέβαλε → if someone is successful in his deeds, he casts a cause for sweet thoughts into the streams of the Muses

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Transliteration A: epieíkeia Transliteration B: epieikeia Transliteration C: epieikeia Beta Code: e)piei/keia

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A reasonableness, ἔχει τινὰ οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἐπιείκειαν Hp. Fract.31.    2. equity, opp. strict law, Arist.Top.141a16, etc.; κατ' ἐπιείκειαν, opp. κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους, Isoc.18.34; ἄκαμπτον εἰς ἐ. Plu.Cat.Mi.4.    3. of persons, reasonableness, fairness, Th.3.40, 48, 5.86, Pl.Lg.735a, etc.; ἐ. καὶ πρᾳότης Plu.Per.39, cf.2 Ep.Cor.10.1; also, goodness, virtuousness, Lys.16.11, D.21.207, Arist.EN1175b24: pl., joined with χάριτες, Isoc.4.63, cf. 15.149.    II. personified, Clemency, Plu.Caes.57.

German (Pape)

[Seite 940] ἡ, die Billigkeit, nach Plat. defin. 412 b u. Arist. Eth. Nic. 5, 10 Milderung des strengen Rechtes mit Berücksichtigung der Umstände, ἐπιεικείᾳ τινὶ δ, καίᾳ χρώμενον Plat. Legg. V, 735 a. Vgl. οὐκ ἄξιον οὔτε κατὰ χάριν οὔτε κατ' ἐπιείκειαν οὔτε κατ' ἄλλο οὐδὲν ἢ κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους ψηφίσασθαι Isocr. 18, 34, wie εἰ δὲ δεῖ τὰς χάριτας καὶ τὰς ἐπιεικείας ἀνελόντας τὸν ἀκριβέστατον τῶν λόγων εἰπεῖν, ohne Rücksicht auf Dank oder Billigkeit, 4, 63; καὶ πρᾳότης Plut. Pericl. 39; Caes. 57 ist ἐπιεικείας ἱερόν Clementiae fanum, wie auch Thuc. οἶκτος καὶ ἐπ. vrbdt, 3, 48. Allgemeiner, gute, anständige Lebensweise, der ἀκολασία entggstzt, Lys. 16, 11.