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.