ἐλευθέριος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, also α, ον X.Smp.8.16:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[speaking]] or [[act]]ing like a [[freeman]], [[free-spirited]], ἐλευθέριος καὶ [[δημωφελής]] Democr.282, etc.; ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ ἐλευθέριοι Pl.Lg.635d; opp. [[δουλοπρεπής]], X.Mem.2.8.4 (Comp.); of certain animals, as the [[lion]], ἐλευθέρια καὶ ἀνδρεῖα καὶ εὐγενῆ Arist.HA488b16.<br><span class="bld">b</span> esp. [[freely giving]], [[bountiful]], ἐλευθέριος εἰς [[χρήμα]]τα X. Smp.4.15 (Comp.), cf. Arist.EN1120a8, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of [[pursuit]]s, etc., [[fit for a freeman]], [[liberal]], πτηνῶν [[θήρα]]ς . . [[ἔρως]] οὐ [[σφόδρα]] ἐλευθέριος 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; [[ἡδονή|ἡδοναὶ]] ἐλευθεριώταται, [[κίνησις|κινήσεις]] ἐλευθεριώτεραι, Id.EN1118b4, Pol.1340b10; [[τὸ ἐλευθέριον]] = [[ἐλευθεριότης]], X.Mem.3.10.5: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ὕδωρ πίοιμι ἐλευθέριον]], i.e. [[may]] I [[become]] [[free]], [[because]] [[slave]]s set [[free]] at [[Argos]] were then first allowed to [[drink]] of the [[spring]] [[Κυνάδρα]], Antiph. 25.<br><span class="bld">3</span> of appearance, [[frank]], [[noble]], [[εὐπρεπής]] τε [[ἰδεῖν]] καὶ ἐλευθέριος X.Mem. 2.1.22, cf. Lac.11.3 (Comp.); [[ἵππος]] Id.Eq.10.17.<br><span class="bld">II</span> Adv. [[ἐλευθερίως]] = [[like a free person]], [[liberally]], [[ζῆν]] Arist.Pol.1326b31; τεθραμμένους Isoc.4.49, 7.43 (prob.): Comp. ἐλευθεριώτερον, [[ζῆν]] X.Mem.1.6.3: Sup. ἐλευθεριώτατα ib.4.8.1.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[Ζεὺς Ἐλευθέριος]] = [[Zeus]] the [[deliverer|Deliverer]], Pi.O.12.1, Simon.140.4, Hdt.3.142, etc.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[Ἐλευθέριος]], ὁ (sc. [[μήν]]),= [[Ἐλευθεριών]], SIG1044.26.