ἐπιεικής
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See also: επιεικής
Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From ἐπι- (epi-, “on”) + εἰκός (eikós, “reasonable”) + -ής (-ḗs, adjective suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pi.eː.kɛ̌ːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pi.iˈke̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pi.iˈcis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pi.iˈcis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pi.iˈcis/
Adjective
[edit]ἐπιεικής • (epieikḗs) m or f (neuter ἐπιεικές); third declension
- fitting, suitable
- (after Homer)
- (of statements, rights)
- reasonable
- fair, equitable, not according to the letter of the law
- (of persons)
- (of statements, rights)
Inflection
[edit]Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
Nominative | ἐπῐεικής epieikḗs |
ἐπῐεικές epieikés |
ἐπῐεικεῖ epieikeî |
ἐπῐεικεῖ epieikeî |
ἐπῐεικεῖς epieikeîs |
ἐπῐεικῆ epieikê | ||||||||
Genitive | ἐπῐεικοῦς epieikoûs |
ἐπῐεικοῦς epieikoûs |
ἐπῐεικοῖν epieikoîn |
ἐπῐεικοῖν epieikoîn |
ἐπῐεικῶν epieikôn |
ἐπῐεικῶν epieikôn | ||||||||
Dative | ἐπῐεικεῖ epieikeî |
ἐπῐεικεῖ epieikeî |
ἐπῐεικοῖν epieikoîn |
ἐπῐεικοῖν epieikoîn |
ἐπῐεικέσῐ / ἐπῐεικέσῐν epieikési(n) |
ἐπῐεικέσῐ / ἐπῐεικέσῐν epieikési(n) | ||||||||
Accusative | ἐπῐεικῆ epieikê |
ἐπῐεικές epieikés |
ἐπῐεικεῖ epieikeî |
ἐπῐεικεῖ epieikeî |
ἐπῐεικεῖς epieikeîs |
ἐπῐεικῆ epieikê | ||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐεικές epieikés |
ἐπῐεικές epieikés |
ἐπῐεικεῖ epieikeî |
ἐπῐεικεῖ epieikeî |
ἐπῐεικεῖς epieikeîs |
ἐπῐεικῆ epieikê | ||||||||
Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
ἐπῐεικῶς epieikôs |
ἐπῐεικέστερος epieikésteros |
ἐπῐεικέστᾰτος epieikéstatos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
[edit]- ἐπιείκεια (epieíkeia)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: επιεικής (epieikís)
Further reading
[edit]- “ἐπιεικής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπιεικής”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐπιεικής”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπιεικής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἐπιεικής in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G1933 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- charitable idem, page 126.
- clement idem, page 137.
- considerate idem, page 163.
- dispassionate idem, page 236.
- equitable idem, page 280.
- fair idem, page 302.
- feeling idem, page 313.
- gentle idem, page 357.
- honest idem, page 404.
- impartial idem, page 419.
- just idem, page 466.
- kind idem, page 469.
- lenient idem, page 485.
- meek idem, page 522.
- merciful idem, page 525.
- mild idem, page 529.
- plausible idem, page 618.
- reasonable idem, page 677.
- right idem, page 714.
- specious idem, page 799.
- substantial idem, page 832.
- tolerable idem, page 880.
- unbiassed idem, page 908.
- unprejudiced idem, page 927.
- upright idem, page 938.