Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

συγγνώμων

Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: συγγνώμων

Etym.: suggignw/skw III

Sense

  1. disposed to pardon, indulgent, disposed to forgive
  2. pardoned, deserving pardon or indulgence, allowable

Examples

  • καὶ ἐν μὲν τῷ κριτικὸσ εἶναι περὶ ὧν ὁ φρόνιμοσ, συνετὸσ καὶ εὐγνώμων ἢ συγγνώμων· (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 6 80:4)
  • ἀλλὰ σὺ μέν, ὦ Κῦρε, καὶ ταῦτα ὅμοιοσ εἶ οἱο͂́σπερ καὶ τἆλλα, πρᾷόσ τε καὶ συγγνώμων τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων ἁμαρτημάτων· (Xenophon, Cyropaedia, , chapter 1 45:2)

Synonyms

  1. disposed to pardon

  2. pardoned

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

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