μεγαλοψυχία
megalopsychia
greatness of soul, highmindedness, lordliness
Appears 28 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μεγαλοψυχία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. greatness of soul, highmindedness, lordliness, 46, 9.59, EN 1107b22, 1123a34, 10.40.6, etc.; μ. τῶν ἔργων 23.205, cf. 1.58; generosity, πρός τινας IG 22.1326.25: pl., 1.64.5. 2. in bad sense, arrogance, 18.68, v.l. in Tim. 28. 3. Quixotism, Alc. 2.150c.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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