Aristotle Greek Lexicon μεγαλόψυχος

μεγαλόψυχος

megalopsychos

high-souled, generous

Appears 57 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

μεγαλόψυχος, ον, A. high-souled, generous, Isoc. 9.3, Arist. EN 1123b2; εὐεργετικὸς καὶ μ. Plb. 22.21.3; τὸ μ., = μεγαλοψυχία, Id. 1.20.11, 31.28.9, Plu. Per. 36: Comp. -ότερος, φαίνεσθαι D. 19.235, cf. Hyp. Eux. 33. Adv. -χως, ἔχειν πρός τινας D. 19.140; χρήσασθαι τοῖς πράγμασι Plb. 1.8.4, cf. OGI 194.11 (Egypt, i B. C.); ἐνεγκεῖν συμφοράν Plu. CG 19. 2. romantic, Quixotic, Pl. Alc. 2.140c.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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