ἐπιείκεια

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐπιεικής (epieikḗs, “reasonable”) +‎ -ιᾰ (-iă).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pi.ěː.keː.a/ → /e.piˈi.ci.a/ → /e.piˈi.ci.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pi.ěː.keː.a/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.piˈi.ki.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈi.ci.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.piˈi.ci.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.piˈi.ci.a/

Noun

ἐπῐείκεια • (epĭeíkeia) f (genitive ἐπῐεικείᾱς); first declension

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

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἐπιείκειᾰ; τῆς ἐπιεικείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ἡ ἐπιείκειᾰ hē epieíkeiă	αἱ ἐπιείκειαι hai epieíkeiai
Genitive	τῆς ἐπιεικείᾱς tês epieikeíās	τῶν ἐπιεικειῶν tôn epieikeiôn
Dative	τῇ ἐπιεικείᾳ têi epieikeíāi	ταῖς ἐπιεικείαις taîs epieikeíais
Accusative	τὴν ἐπιείκειᾰν tḕn epieíkeiăn	τᾱ̀ς ἐπιεικείᾱς tā̀s epieikeíās
Vocative	ἐπιείκειᾰ epieíkeiă	ἐπιείκειαι epieíkeiai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “ἐπιείκεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἐπιείκεια”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἐπιείκεια in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G1932 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.
  • charity idem, page 126.
  • clemency idem, page 137.
  • considerateness idem, page 163.
  • equity idem, page 280.
  • fairness idem, page 302.
  • gentleness idem, page 357.
  • honesty idem, page 404.
  • impartiality idem, page 419.
  • justice idem, page 466.
  • kindness idem, page 469.
  • lenity idem, page 485.
  • meekness idem, page 522.
  • mercifulness idem, page 525.
  • mercy idem, page 525.
  • mildness idem, page 529.
  • morality idem, page 540.
  • play idem, page 618.
  • reasonableness idem, page 677.
  • rectitude idem, page 684.
  • righteousness idem, page 715.
  • uprightness idem, page 939.