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ἐπιείκεια

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπιείκεια ἐπιεικείας

Structure: ἐπιεικει (Stem) + α (Ending)

Etym.: e)pieikh/s

Sense

  1. reasonableness, equity
  2. (of persons) fairness

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἐπιείκεια ἐπιεικείᾱ ἐπιείκειαι
Genitive ἐπιεικείᾱς ἐπιεικείαιν ἐπιεικειῶν
Dative ἐπιεικείᾱͅ ἐπιεικείαιν ἐπιεικείαις
Accusative ἐπιείκειαν ἐπιεικείᾱ ἐπιεικείᾱς
Vocative ἐπιείκεια ἐπιεικείᾱ ἐπιείκειαι

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὥσθ’ ὅσῳ τισ μᾶλλον ἐπαινεῖσθαι βούλεται καὶ τῶν ὑπαρχόντων ἀπολαύειν πλεονεκτημάτων, τοσούτῳ μᾶλλον τῶν ἴσων ὑπαρκτέον αὐτῷ καὶ ταῖσ ἐπιεικείαισ χρηστέον. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 8:1)
  • οὐδ’ ἐν κόλακοσ μοίρᾳ προσκείμενοσ, ἀλλ’ οὐδαμοῦ τοῖσ κόλαξι πάροδον τὸ καθ’ αὑτὸν διδοὺσ, τῇ μὲν χρηστότητι καὶ ταῖσ ἐπιεικείαισ ἐν πατρὸσ ὢν τάξει τῷ δήμῳ, τῷ δὲ καθείργειν ἅπαντασ καὶ πάνθ’ ὑφ’ αὑτὸν ἔχειν πλέον ἢ τύραννοσ. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 4:7)

Synonyms

  1. fairness

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