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εἰλικριν-ής

eilikrines

pure, absolute, genuine

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What it meant

1. εἰλικρινής · eilikrinēs — Beekes

εἰλικρινής [adj.] ‘pure, absolute, genuine’ (Hp. Att.). «Ὁ» eVAR Also el-. *DER εἰλικρίνεια ‘purity’, εἰλικρινέω ‘purify’ (Hell.), εἰλικρινότης (gloss.).’ *ETYM Expressive word without a convincing etymology. It is mostly taken as a compound of κρίνω and εἴλη (with compositional -τῦ Schwyzer: 447f.), in which case it would properly mean “distinguished in/by the sun” (Frisk); one should then take εἴλη not as ‘heat of … — [Beekes, s.v. εἰλικρινής, p. 433]

2. εἰλικρινής · eilikrinēs — Chantraine

εἰλικρινής : adj. «sans mélange, pur, distinct » souvent joint à καθαρός, ἀμιγής, ἄμικτος, etc. (Hp., ion.-att., hellénistique) ; dans le grec tardif signifie «sincère, de bonne foi», sens qui subsiste en grec moderne. Dérivés εἰλικρίνεια + pureté» (Arist.}, «sincérité » {tardif}, εἰλικρινότης « sincérité » (Gloss.) et le dénominatif εἰλυκρινέω « purifier » (Arist.). Et.: Composé dont le second terme est tiré du … — [Chantraine, s.v. εἰλικρινής, p. 334]

3. εἰλικρινής · eilikrinēs — Frisk

εἰλικρινής (ei-) “rein, lauter, absolut, echt’ (Hp., att. Prosa, hell. u. spät). Davon εἰλικρίνεια “Reinheit usw.’, eilıxeıw&o “reinigen’ (hell. u. sp.), εἰλωορινότης (Gloss.). Expressives Wort ohne überzeugende Etymologie. Gewöhnlich als Kompositum von κρίνω (mit o-Stammflexion, Schwyzer 523) und εἴλη (mit kompositionellem -ı, Schwyzer 4471.) erklärt, somit eig. „von der Sonne unterschieden, in der Sonne … — [Frisk, s.v. εἰλικρινής, p. 491]

4. εἰλικριν-ής · eilikrin-ēs — LSJ

unmixed, without alloy, pure, distinct and separate

unmixed, without alloy, pure, ἐκ πυρὸς τοῦ -εστάτου καὶ ὕδατος Hp. Vict. 1.35; θέρμη, ψῦξις, Id. VM 19; διὰ τὸ εἰλικρινῆ ἕκαστα εἶναι (sc. τὰ φῦλα) distinct and separate, X. Cyr. 8.5.14; εἴ τῳ γένοιτο αὐτὸ τὸ καλὸν ἰδεῖν εἰ., καθαρόν, ἄμεικτον Pl. Smp. 211e; τὸ ἧττον εἰ., opp. τὸ καθαρώτερον, Arist. Mete. 340b8; τῶν χρωμάτων οὐδὲν ὁρῶμεν εἰ. οἷόν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ πάντα κεκραμένα Id. Col. 793b13; τὸ λευκὸν [μέλι] οὐκ ἐκ θύμου εἰλικρινοῦς Id. HA 627a3; εἰ. καὶ ἀμιγής Id. de An. 426b4; ἐν μεγάλῳ εἰ. καὶ

2 pure, simple, absolute, pure and absolute, the pure and absolute, sheer, absolute

pure, simple, absolute, αὐτῇ καθʼ αὑτὴν εἰλικρινεῖ τῇ διανοίᾳ χρώμενος the pure and absolute intellect, Pl. Phd. 66a; ψυχὴν αὐτὴν καθʼ αὑτὴν εἰ. ἀπαλλάξεσθαι ib. 81c; γνωσόμεθα . . πᾶν τὸ εἰ. the pure and absolute, ib. 67b; τὸ καθαρόν τε καὶ εἰ. Id. Phlb. 52d; τὰς τέρψεις εἰ. ἀποδιδόναι Isoc. 1.46; ἡδονὴ εἰ. Arist. EN 1176b20; εὐπορία -εστάτη Epicur. Sent. 14; also of evil things, sheer, absolute, ἀδικία X. Mem. 2.2.3.

3 sincere

sincere, ἀπόδεξις OGI 227.12 (Didyma, iii B. C.); εὔνοια ib. 763.41 (Milet., ii B. C.); of persons, Ep.Phil. 1.10. Adv. -νῶς OGI 441.5 (i B. C.).

4 total

total, ἐκλείψεις Cleom. 2.5.

II without mixture, of itself, simply, absolutely, absolute, without qualification, clear

Adv. -νῶς without mixture, of itself, simply, absolutely, διὰ τὸ εἰ. εἶναι Ἕλληνας καὶ ἀμιγεῖς βαρβάρων Pl. Mx. 245d; τὸ εἰ. ὄν absolute being, Id. R. 477a; εἰ. ὑπὸ τοῦ ἔρωτος ὡρμημένους Id. Smp. 181c; εἰ. ὅλον λευκόν Arist. Ph. 187b4; without qualification, -νῶς Ταραντῖνοι Arr. Tact. 4.6: Ion. εἰλικριν-έως, κρίνεσθαι to have a clear crisis, Hp. Epid. 4.7.—The word is confined to Prose.

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