The corpus record

εἰλικρίν-εια

eilikrineia · ἡ

unmixedness, purity

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What it meant

εἰλικρίν-εια · eilikrin-eia — LSJ

unmixedness, purity, unrelievedness

unmixedness, purity, opp. μίξις, Arist. Col. 793a10; ἀέρος S.E. M. 9.73, cf. Alex.Aphr. in Sens. 137.1: metaph., λογισμοῦ Iamb. VP 16.68 (pl.); in bad sense, unrelievedness, κακοῦ Phld. Ir. p.25 W.

II sincerity, uprightness

sincerity, uprightness, 1 Ep.Cor. 5.8, al., POxy. 1252 vii 38 (iii A. D.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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