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Ἐπιεικές · decent, suitable (ε 2312) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ε2312

ε2308contribution
ε2309able to be overrun
ε2310to make a thud on
ε2311to come upon
ε2312decent, suitable
ε2313most decent, very decent, most suitable, very suitable
ε2314decent, honest, respectable
ε2315properly
ε2316service

Suda/Ε epsilon/ε2312

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Ἐπιεικές

decent, suitable

Translated by Marcelo Boeri30 Nov 2003Vetting: high5 revisions

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1 note · 5 words

Translation

[Meaning something] proper, appropriate,¹ convenient.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἐπιεικές· πρέπον, καθῆκον, προσῆκον.

Betacode

*)epieike/s: pre/pon, kaqh=kon, prosh=kon.

Notes (1)

Neuter singular of this adjective; same or similar glossing, variously, in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and in the scholia on Homer, Iliad 1.547, where it occurs.
For the concept cf. epsilon 2313, epsilon 2314, epsilon 2315. For the moral sense of the word see Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1102b10, 1113b14, 1126b26, 1127b3, and passim.
1In a moral sense 'due or appropriate action': see kappa 76, kappa 77.

Linked from3 entries

ε2313Ἐπιεικεστάτηmost decent, very decent, most suitable, very suitableIn Herodotus [meaning] moderate, prudent, in good condition.
ε2314Ἐπιεικήςdecent, honest, respectable[no gloss]
ε2315ἘπιεικῶςproperlyThis adverb means very much so. It also means surprisingly, and contrary to expectation, and with propriety and decency. It also means moderately, or proportionately, and sufficiently. Procopius: [writes] "[the] Lazoi…

Neighbouring entries

ε2310Ἐπιδουπῆσαιto make a thud on ε2311Ἐπιέναιto come upon ε2312Ἐπιεικέςdecent, suitable ε2313Ἐπιεικεστάτηmost decent, very decent, most suitable, very suitable ε2314Ἐπιεικήςdecent, honest, respectable

Revision history5 revisions · last 5 Apr 2015

5 Apr 2015coding — Catharine Roth
12 Oct 2012coding — Catharine Roth
11 Oct 2012another note; more keywords — David Whitehead
18 Nov 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
1 Dec 2003internal rearrangement; augmented notes; cosmetics — David Whitehead
30 Nov 2003Translated — Marcelo Boeri

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἐπιεικές (Adler number epsilon 2312), trans. Marcelo Boeri, 30 Nov 2003. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/epsilon/2312

Translation by Marcelo Boeri for Suda On Line, revised by Catharine Roth, David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗