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  "headword": "ἐπιεικής",
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          "definition": "<i>fitting, meet, suitable,</i> τύμβον οὐ μάλα πολλὸν . . , ἀλλʼ ἐπιεικέα τοῖον not very large but <i>meet</i> in size, Il. 23.246; τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέʼ ἀμοιβήν <i>a fair</i> recompense for them, Od. 12.382.—Elsewh. Hom. has only the neut. ἐπιεικές, either in the phrase ὡς ἐπιεικές as is <i>meet,</i> Il. 19.147, 23.537, Od. 8.389: or c. inf., ὅν κʼ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν whom it may be <i>meet</i> for you to hear, Il. 1.547; ὅπλα . . οἷʼ ἐπιεικὲς ἔργʼ ἔμεν ἀθανάτων such as is <i>meet</i> they should be, 19.21, cf. 23.50, Od. 2.207.",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τύμβον οὐ μάλα πολλὸν . . , ἀλλʼ ἐπιεικέα τοῖον not very large but",
                "ref": "Il. 23.246",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "τείσουσι βοῶν ἐπιεικέʼ ἀμοιβήν",
                "ref": "Od. 12.382",
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              "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52301",
              "data": {
                "quote": "ὡς ἐπιεικές as is",
                "ref": "Il. 19.147",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὅν κʼ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκουέμεν whom it may be",
                "ref": "Il. 1.547",
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              "data": {
                "quote": "ὅπλα . . οἷʼ ἐπιεικὲς ἔργʼ ἔμεν ἀθανάτων such as is",
                "ref": "19.21",
                "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:19.21"
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            }
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              "label": "II",
              "definition": "Hom.,",
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                  "label": "1",
                  "definition": "",
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                      "label": "a",
                      "definition": "<i>reasonable,</i> <i>specious,</i> ἡ δὲ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν πολλὸν ἐπιεικεστάτη ἐοῦσα μάλιστα ἔψευσται Hdt. 2.22; ἐ. πρόφασις Th. 3.9; λόγος Pl. Ti. 67d; ἐπιεικῆ λέγειν Id. Ap. 34d; ἐ. ὁδός a <i>tolerable</i> road, Plu. Crass. 22.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52304",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἡ δὲ τρίτη τῶν ὁδῶν πολλὸν ἐπιεικεστάτη ἐοῦσα μάλιστα ἔψευσται",
                            "ref": "Hdt. 2.22",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:2.22"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52305",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐ. πρόφασις",
                            "ref": "Th. 3.9",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.9"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52306",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "λόγος",
                            "ref": "Pl. Ti. 67d",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031.perseus-grc2:67d"
                          }
                        },
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52307",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐπιεικῆ λέγειν",
                            "ref": "Id. Ap. 34d",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc2:34d"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "δίκαιος, <i>fair, equitable, not according to the letter of the law,</i> ἐπανόρθωμα νομίμου δικαίου Arist. EN 1137b11, cf. Rh. 1374a26; τῶν δικαίων τὰ ἐπιεικέστερα προτιθεῖσι Hdt. 3.53; οὔτε τοὐπ. οὔτε τὴν χάριν οἶδεν, μόνην δʼ ἔστερξε τὴν ἁπλῶς δίκην S. Fr. 770, cf. E. Fr. 645; συγχωρεῖν τἀπιεικῆ τινι Ar. Nu. 1438; ἐπιεικέστερον ἢ δικαιότερον Antipho 2.2.13; ἐ. ὁμολογία Th. 3.4; γνώμη Ar. V. 1027; τὸ ἐ. καὶ σύγγνωμον Pl. Lg. 757e; πρὸς τὸ ἐ., = ἐπιεικῶς 3, Th. 4.19.",
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                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐπανόρθωμα νομίμου δικαίου",
                            "ref": "Arist. EN 1137b11",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg010:1137b.perseus-grc2.11"
                          }
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52309",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τῶν δικαίων τὰ ἐπιεικέστερα προτιθεῖσι",
                            "ref": "Hdt. 3.53",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.53"
                          }
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52310",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "οὔτε τοὐπ. οὔτε τὴν χάριν οἶδεν, μόνην δʼ ἔστερξε τὴν ἁπλῶς δίκην",
                            "ref": "S. Fr. 770",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc2:770"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52311",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "συγχωρεῖν τἀπιεικῆ τινι",
                            "ref": "Ar. Nu. 1438",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc2:1438"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52312",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐπιεικέστερον ἢ δικαιότερον",
                            "ref": "Antipho 2.2.13",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg002.perseus-grc2:2.13"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52313",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐ. ὁμολογία",
                            "ref": "Th. 3.4",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc2:3.4"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52314",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "γνώμη",
                            "ref": "Ar. V. 1027",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1027"
                          }
                        },
                        {
                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52315",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "τὸ ἐ. καὶ σύγγνωμον",
                            "ref": "Pl. Lg. 757e",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc2:757e"
                          }
                        }
                      ],
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                    }
                  ]
                },
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>able, capable,</i> παῖς τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἐ., ἄφωνος δέ Hdt. 1.85; οἱ ἐπιεικέστατοι τῶν τριηράρχων X. HG 1.1.30; τίνες . . τῶν νέων ἐπίδοξοι γενέσθαι ἐ. may be expected to turn out <i>well,</i> Pl. Tht. 143d, cf. Lg. 957a; τοὺς ἐ. καὶ τοῦ δήμου καὶ τῶν εὐπόρων Arist. Ath. 26.1.",
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                      "data": {
                        "quote": "παῖς τὰ μὲν ἄλλα ἐ., ἄφωνος δέ",
                        "ref": "Hdt. 1.85",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.85"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52317",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οἱ ἐπιεικέστατοι τῶν τριηράρχων",
                        "ref": "X. HG 1.1.30",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg001:1.1.perseus-grc2.30"
                      }
                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52318",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τίνες . . τῶν νέων ἐπίδοξοι γενέσθαι ἐ. may be expected to turn out",
                        "ref": "Pl. Tht. 143d",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc2:143d"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52319",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "τοὺς ἐ. καὶ τοῦ δήμου καὶ τῶν εὐπόρων",
                        "ref": "Arist. Ath. 26.1",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc2:26.1"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
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                    {
                      "label": "b",
                      "definition": "<i>reasonable,</i> <i>fair, good,</i> ἐ. τὴν ψυχήν, φύσει, Pl. Smp. 210b, R. 538c: abs., Th. 8.93, Isoc. 1.48, Ep.Jac. 3.17, etc.; ἐ. ἄνδρες, opp. μοχθηροί, Arist. Po. 1452b34; ἐ. περὶ τὰ συμβόλαια D. 34.30; τοὐπιεικές <i>fairness, goodness,</i> S. OC 1127.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52320",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "ἐ. περὶ τὰ συμβόλαια",
                            "ref": "D. 34.30",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg034.perseus-grc2:30"
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                        }
                      ],
                      "children": []
                    },
                    {
                      "label": "c",
                      "definition": "<i>upper</i> or <i>educated classes,</i> λέγω ἀντικεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐ. τῷ πλήθει Arist. Pol. 1308b27, cf. Ath. 28.1.",
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                          "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52321",
                          "data": {
                            "quote": "λέγω ἀντικεῖσθαι τοὺς ἐ. τῷ πλήθει",
                            "ref": "Arist. Pol. 1308b27",
                            "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035:1308b.perseus-grc2.27"
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              ]
            },
            {
              "label": "III",
              "definition": "Adv. -κῶς, Ion. -κέως, <i>fairly, tolerably,</i> <i>moderately,</i> ἐγγλύσσει ἐ. Hdt. 2.92; ἐ. δάκνειν, παρρησίαν ἄγειν, Phld. Lib. pp. 13,45 O.; ἐ. ἔχειν to be <i>pretty well,</i> Hp. Coac. 368; ἐ. ἐξεπίστασθαι Ar. V. 1249; ἔστι τὸ χωρίον ἐ. ἰσχυρόν Hell.Oxy. 13.5; ἐ. ἀναίσθητον Arist. GC 319b20; ἐ. πλατύ Id. HA 495b27, cf. 497a23; οἱ πυρετοὶ ἐς τεταρταῖον ἐ. μεθίστανται <i>about</i> the fourth day, Hp. Coac. 140, cf. Alex. 281; ἐ. τὸ τρίτον μέρος <i>pretty nearly, about,</i> Plb. 6.26.8; ἐ. οἷοί τε ἦσαν κατέχειν were <i>fairly well</i> able . . , Pl. Phd. 117c; ἐ. μὲν . . <i>perhaps,</i> Id. Grg. 493c.",
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                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52322",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐ. ἔχειν to be",
                    "ref": "Hp. Coac. 368",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017.perseus-grc2:368"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52323",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐ. ἐξεπίστασθαι",
                    "ref": "Ar. V. 1249",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg004.perseus-grc2:1249"
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52324",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἔστι τὸ χωρίον ἐ. ἰσχυρόν",
                    "ref": "",
                    "urn": ""
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                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52325",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐ. ἀναίσθητον",
                    "ref": "Arist. GC 319b20",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg013:319b.perseus-grc2.20"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52326",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐ. πλατύ",
                    "ref": "Id. HA 495b27",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:495b.perseus-grc2.27"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52327",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "οἱ πυρετοὶ ἐς τεταρταῖον ἐ. μεθίστανται",
                    "ref": "Hp. Coac. 140",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0627.tlg017.perseus-grc2:140"
                  }
                },
                {
                  "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52328",
                  "data": {
                    "quote": "ἐ. οἷοί τε ἦσαν κατέχειν were",
                    "ref": "Pl. Phd. 117c",
                    "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg004.perseus-grc2:117c"
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                }
              ],
              "children": [
                {
                  "label": "2",
                  "definition": "<i>probably, reasonably,</i> Id. R. 431e, etc.: Sup. -έστατα, γενέσθαι <i>most suitably,</i> Id. Lg. 753b.",
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                {
                  "label": "3",
                  "definition": "<i>with moderation,</i> <i>mildly, kindly,</i> οὐκ ἐ. ἐντυγχάνων οὐδὲ πρᾴως Plu. Pyrrh. 23; ἐ. ἔχειν πρός τινα Isoc. 15.4: Comp. -έστερον, διακείμενοι Id. 8.61.",
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52329",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "οὐκ ἐ. ἐντυγχάνων οὐδὲ πρᾴως",
                        "ref": "Plu. Pyrrh. 23",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0007.tlg030.perseus-grc2:23"
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                    },
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                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52330",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "ἐ. ἔχειν πρός τινα",
                        "ref": "Isoc. 15.4",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg019.perseus-grc2:4"
                      }
                    },
                    {
                      "urn": "urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:citations.atlas_v1:lsj-52331",
                      "data": {
                        "quote": "-έστερον, διακείμενοι",
                        "ref": "Id. 8.61",
                        "urn": "urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0010.tlg017.perseus-grc2:61"
                      }
                    }
                  ],
                  "children": []
                },
                {
                  "label": "4",
                  "definition": "<i>generally, usually,</i> Plu. Pel. 18, Jul. Mis. 348c, Lib. Or. 11.19, al.",
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