μεγαλόψυχος
megalopsychos
high-souled, generous
Appears 57 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μεγαλόψυχος, ον, A. high-souled, generous, 9.3, EN 1123b2; εὐεργετικὸς καὶ μ. 22.21.3; τὸ μ., = μεγαλοψυχία, 1.20.11, 31.28.9, Per. 36: Comp. -ότερος, φαίνεσθαι 19.235, cf. Eux. 33. Adv. -χως, ἔχειν πρός τινας 19.140; χρήσασθαι τοῖς πράγμασι 1.8.4, cf. OGI 194.11 (Egypt, i B. C.); ἐνεγκεῖν συμφοράν CG 19. 2. romantic, Quixotic, Alc. 2.140c.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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