Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

συγγνωμονικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: συγγνωμονικός συγγνωμονική συγγνωμονικόν

Structure: συγγνωμονικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: from suggnw/mwn

Sense

  1. inclined to pardon, indulgent
  2. pardonable

Declension

First/Second declension

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

  • τῶν δ’ ἀκουσίων τὰ μέν ἐστι συγγνωμονικὰ τὰ δ’ οὐ συγγνωμονικά. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 117:2)
  • ὅσα μὲν γὰρ μὴ μόνον ἀγνοοῦντεσ ἀλλὰ καὶ δι’ ἄγνοιαν ἁμαρτάνουσι, συγγνωμονικά, ὅσα δὲ μὴ δι’ ἄγνοιαν, ἀλλ’ ἀγνοοῦντεσ μὲν διὰ πάθοσ δὲ μήτε φυσικὸν μήτ’ ἀνθρώπινον, οὐ συγγνωμονικά. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 5 117:3)

Synonyms

  1. inclined to pardon

  2. pardonable

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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