Aristotle Greek Lexicon ὑγίεια

ὑγίεια

hygieia

health, soundness

Appears 246 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑγίεια [ῠ], , and sts. in Com. ὑγιείᾱ, Ar. Av. 604 (anap.), 731 (lyr . . in compd. πλουθυγιείᾱν), Men. Mon. 522 (also Isyll. 60); Ion.acc. ὑγιείην Hdt. 2.77, Heraclit. 111; gen. ὑγιίης (⏑⏑⏑ _) Herod. 4.94, dub. in 4.20; and the metre requires a similar form in A. Ag. 1001 (lyr.): from about ii B. C. written ὑγεῖα (pronounced ὑγῑα, contr. from ὑγῐῑᾰ), IG 22.4457 (ii B. C.), 12(5).168 (Paros), 22.3181 (i A. D.), 3187 (ii A. D.); Ὑγία ib.4479 (i A. D.), 4536, PTeb. 413.3 (ii/iii A. D.), etc.; Ion. ὑγείη Procl. H. 1.22,42, IG 14.1935 (as pr. n., Rome): (ὑγιής):—A. health, soundness of body, Simon. 70, Pi. P. 3.73, Hdt. 2.77, Pl. R. 332d, etc.; ὑ. καὶ νοῦς ἀγαθὰ τῷ βίῳ δύο Men. Mon. 519, cf. Philem. 163: pl. ὑγίειαι, healthy states or conditions, Pl. Prt. 354b, R. 618b, Ti. 87d, Arist. HA 601a25. 2. of the mind, ὑ. φρενῶν soundness of mind, A. Eu. 535 (lyr.); ἡ περὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑγίεια Isoc. 12.7. II. a kind of cake used at sacrifices, Herod. 4.94, Ath. 3.115a, Hsch., Phot., AB 313. III. a medicine, Alex.Trall. 5.4: generally, a cure, ὕπνος δὲ πάσης ἐστὶν ὑ. νόσου Men. Mon. 522. IV. Pythag. name for six, Anatol. ap. Theol.Ar. 37. B. Ὑγίεια, , personified, Hygeia, the goddess of health, Hp. Jusj., Ariphron 1, 7, Paus. 1.23.4, etc.: the last cup was drunk to her, μετανιπτρίδα τῆς Ὑγιείας πίνειν Antiph. 149 (hex.), cf. Call.Com. 6 (hex.): ἄγαλμα τῆς Ὑ. Ἀθηνᾶς Plu. Per. 13.

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