ἐπιείκεια: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[reasonableness]], ἔχει τινὰ οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἐπιείκειαν <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Fract.</span>31</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span>. [[equity]], opp. strict law, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Top.</span>141a16</span>, etc.; [[κατ' ἐπιείκειαν]], opp. <b class="b3">κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους</b>, <span class="bibl">Isoc.18.34</span>; <b class="b3">ἄκαμπτον εἰς ἐπιείκειαν</b> <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cat.Mi.</span>4</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span>. of persons, [[reasonableness]], [[fairness]], <span class="bibl">Th.3.40</span>, <span class="bibl">48</span>, <span class="bibl">5.86</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>735a</span>, etc.; ἐ. καὶ πρᾳότης <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Per.</span>39</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Cor.</span>10.1</span>; also, [[goodness]], [[virtuousness]], <span class="bibl">Lys.16.11</span>, <span class="bibl">D.21.207</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1175b24</span>: pl., joined with [[χάριτες]], <span class="bibl">Isoc.4.63</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">15.149</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span>. personified, <span class="title">Clemency</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Caes.</span>57</span>.</span>