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εὔνοια

eunoia

goodwill, favour

Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.

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εὔνοια, ἡ, Ion. εὐνοίη (εὔνοιαν is f.l. in Hdt. 3.36), poet. εὐνοΐη IG 14.815: (εὔνους):—A. goodwill, favour (dist. fr. φιλία, Arist. EN 1155b33, 1166b30), κατὰ εὐνοίην Hdt. 6.108; διʼ εὐνοίας Th. 2.40; διʼ εὔνοιαν Pl. Prt. 337b; εὐνοίας ἕνεκα Docum. ap. D. 18.54, etc.; εὐνοίας ἕνεκα τῆς εἰς τὸν δῆμον IG 22.212.32, etc.; κατʼ εὔνοιαν κρίνειν partially, Antipho 3.4.1; κατʼ εὔνοιαν φρενῶν A. Supp. 940; μετʼ εὐνοίας And. 1.9, Pl. Phdr. 241c, D. 18.276, Ep.Eph. 6.7; ὑπʼ εὐνοίας D. 2.9; εὐνοίῃ τι ποιῆσαι Hdt. 7.239; εὐνοίᾳ λέγειν S. Ph. 1322; εὐνοίᾳ μᾶλλον ἢ ἐλέγχῳ τὰ γιγνόμενα δοκιμάζειν Lys. 31.22; εὐνοίᾳ τῇ σῇ for the love of you, Pl. Grg. 486a: with objective gen., ἐπʼ εὐνοίᾳ χθονός for love of fatherland, A. Th. 1012; εὐνοίᾳ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ Pl. Grg. 485a; ἕνεκα τῆς τῶν Ἑλλήνων εὐνοίας goodwill towards them, X. An. 4.7.20; [εὔνοιαν] ἔχειν εἴς τινα Docum. ap. D. 18.54; πρός τινα Pl. R. 470a; πρὸς τὸν δῆμον IPE 12.32.7 (Olbia), etc.; εὔ. παρὰ τῶν θεῶν D. 2.1; εὔνοιαν ἔκ τινων κτᾶσθαι X. Cyr. 8.2.22; εὔνοιαν παρασχεῖν to show favour, S. Tr. 708; ἔργῳ δεικνύναι Antipho 5.76; εὔνοιαν ἔχειν to wish heartily that . . , Th. 2.11; ὡς ἑκατέρων τις εὐνοίας . . ἔχοι Id. 1.22; ἡ εὔ. παρὰ πολὺ ἐποίει τῶν ἀνθρώπων μᾶλλον ἐς τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους Id. 2.8: in pl., impulses of kindness, favours, τοῖς ἥσσοσιν γὰρ πᾶς τις εὐνοίας φέρει A. Supp. 489; Ἀρτέμιδος εὐνοίαισι Id. Th. 450; ταῖς εὐ. μεθʼ ὑμῶν ἦσαν Isoc. 14.15; but, acts of kindness, favours, D.S. 15.9. II. gift or present in token of goodwill, D. 19.282: pl., benevolences, Id. 8.25. [εὔνοια as dactyl, Arch.Pap. 1.220 (twice, ii B.C.).]
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