εὐεργεσία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ion. εὐεργ-εσίη, ἡ, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">well-doing</b>, opp. <b class="b3">κακοεργίη</b>, <span class="bibl">Od.22.374</span>; opp. <b class="b3">κακότης</b>, <span class="bibl">Thgn.548</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">a good deed, kindness</b>, εὐεργεσίας ἀποτίνειν <span class="bibl">Od.22.235</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>503</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">ἡ ἐξ Ἱστιαίου εὐ</b>. done by him, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.11</span>; ἐκτίνειν <span class="bibl">Id.3.47</span> (pl.); <b class="b3">εὐεργεσίας ἀποδέξασθαι ἔς τινας</b> ib.<span class="bibl">67</span>; καταθέσθαι ἔς τινα <span class="bibl">Th.1.128</span>; εὐ. πεποιημέναι ἔς τινα <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.165</span>; προέσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">An.</span>7.7.47</span>; προσφέρειν <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>513e</span>; opp. εὐ. ἀπολαβεῖν <span class="bibl">Isoc.14.57</span>; εὐ. ὀφείλεταί μοι <span class="bibl">Th.1.137</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">32</span>; <b class="b3">ἀντ' εὐεργεσίης</b> for [[service done]], <span class="bibl">Simon.97.6</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc. 17.116</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">B.1.47</span> (pl.), <span class="title">IG</span>12.108; ἀπ' εὐεργεσίας καθίστασαν τοὺς βασιλεῖς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1286b10</span>: c. gen., <b class="b3">εὐ. τῆς πόλεως</b> <b class="b2">good service done</b> the state, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>850b</span>: pl., [[public services]], τὰς τῶν προγόνων εὐεργεσίας <span class="bibl">Lys. 14.24</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ψηφίζεσθαί [τινι] εὐεργεσίαν</b> to vote him <b class="b2">the title of</b> <b class="b3">εὐεργέτης</b> (q.v.), <span class="bibl">D.20.60</span>, cf. <span class="title">IG</span>22.29, etc.; κείσεταί σοι εὐ. ἐν τῷ ἡμετέρῳ οἴκῳ ἐς αἰεὶ ἀνάγραπτος <span class="bibl">Th.1.129</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>1.1.26</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">Εὐεργεσία</b>, personified, = Lat. <span class="title">Liberalitas</span>, <span class="bibl">D.C.71.34</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> epith. of Hera at Argos, Hsch.</span>