ἐπιεικής
ἐπιεικής
ἐπι-εικής, ές
εἰκός
fitting, meet, suitable, τύμβον ἐπιεικέα meet in size, Il.; ἐπιεικέʼ ἀμοιβήν a fair recompence, Od.; ὡς ἐπιεικές as is meet, Hom.; c. inf., ὅν κʼ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκούειν which word it is meet to hear, Il.
after Hom.,
of statements, rights, etc.,
reasonable, specious, plausible, Hdt., Thuc.
fair, equitable, τῶν δικαίων τὰ ἐπιεικέστερα προτιθέασι Hdt.; πρὸς τὸ ἐπ. ἐπιεικῶς 3, Thuc.
of persons, able, capable, Hdt., Xen.
in moral sense, reasonable, fair, kind, gentle, good, Thuc., Plat., etc.: τοὐπιεικές goodness, Soph.
adv. -κῶς, Ionic -κέως, fairly, tolerably, moderately, Lat. satis, Hdt., Ar.; τέως μὲν ἐπ. for some little time, Plat.
probably, reasonably, Plat.
with moderation, kindly, Plut.
Headword (normalized):
ἐπιεικής
Headword (normalized/stripped):
επιεικης
Intro Text:
ἐπιεικής
ἐπι-εικής, ές
εἰκός
fitting, meet, suitable, τύμβον ἐπιεικέα meet in size, Il.; ἐπιεικέʼ ἀμοιβήν a fair recompence, Od.; ὡς ἐπιεικές as is meet, Hom.; c. inf., ὅν κʼ ἐπιεικὲς ἀκούειν which word it is meet to hear, Il.
after Hom.,
of statements, rights, etc.,
reasonable, specious, plausible, Hdt., Thuc.
fair, equitable, τῶν δικαίων τὰ ἐπιεικέστερα προτιθέασι Hdt.; πρὸς τὸ ἐπ. ἐπιεικῶς 3, Thuc.
of persons, able, capable, Hdt., Xen.
in moral sense, reasonable, fair, kind, gentle, good, Thuc., Plat., etc.: τοὐπιεικές goodness, Soph.
adv. -κῶς, Ionic -κέως, fairly, tolerably, moderately, Lat. satis, Hdt., Ar.; τέως μὲν ἐπ. for some little time, Plat.
probably, reasonably, Plat.
with moderation, kindly, Plut.
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