εὐποιΐα
ὥσπερ ἀνέµου 'ξαίφνης ἀσελγοῦς γενοµένου → just as when a wind suddenly turns foul, just as when a wind suddenly turns nasty
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A beneficence, Ep.Hebr.13.16, Inscr.Perg.333, Luc.Abd. 25, D.L.10.10, Procl. in Alc.p.121 C.; τῆς εἴς τινας εὐ. IG3.1054:— in form εὐποΐα, εἰς πλῆθος Inscr.Prien.112.19 (i B. C.): in pl., ib.113.76 (i B. C.), Ph.1.582, Hierocl.p.59 A.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
εὐποιΐα: ἡ, ἀγαθοεργία, εὐεργεσία, Λουκ. Ἀποκηρυττ. 25· τῆς εἰς ἑαυτὸν εὐπ. Συλλ. Ἐπιγρ. 189. 9· πληθ., νίκησον αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀγριότητα ταῖς εὐποιΐαις Ἱεροκλ. παρὰ Στοβ. 477. 37.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ας (ἡ) :
bienfaisance.
Étymologie: εὖ, ποιέω.
English (Strong)
from a compound of εὖ and ποιέω; well-doing, i.e. beneficence: to do good.
English (Thayer)
(εὐποιΐα WH (cf. Iota, at the end)), εὐποιΐας, ἡ (ἐυποιος), a doing good, beneficence: Arrian exp. Alex. 7,28, 8; Alciphron 1,10; Lucian, imag. 21; a benefit, kindness, Josephus, Antiquities 2,11, 2; (plural, ibid. 19,9, 1).
