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ἐλευθ-έριος

eleutherios

speaking, acting like a freeman, free-spirited, freely giving, bountiful

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What it meant

ἐλευθ-έριος · eleuth-erios — LSJ

speaking, acting like a freeman, free-spirited

speaking or acting like a freeman, free-spirited, ἐ. καὶ δημωφελής Democr. 282, etc.; ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ ἐ. Pl. Lg. 635d; opp. δουλοπρεπής, X. Mem. 2.8.4 (Comp.); of certain animals, as the lion, ἐ. καὶ ἀνδρεῖα καὶ εὐγενῆ Arist. HA 488b16.

b freely giving, bountiful

esp. freely giving, bountiful, ἐ. εἰς χρήματα X. Smp. 4.15 (Comp.), cf. Arist. EN 1120a8, etc.

2 fit for a freeman, liberal, free

of pursuits, etc., fit for a freeman, liberal, πτηνῶν θήρας . . ἔρως οὐ σφόδρα ἐ. Pl. Lg. 823e, cf. Grg. 485b; ἐπιστήμη Id. Ax. 369b (Sup.); τέχναι Plu. Sanit. 2.122d; βίος Men 408 (dub.); διαγωγή Arist. Pol. 1339b5; παιδεία ib. 1338a32; πρᾶξις, ἔργα, ib. 1263b12, Oec. 1344a28; ἡδοναὶ -ώταται, κινήσεις -ώτεραι, Id. EN 1118b4, Pol. 1340b10; τὸ ἐ.,= ἐλευθεριότης, X. Mem. 3.10.5 : prov., ὕδωρ πίοιμι ἐ., i.e. may I become free, because slaves set free at Argos were then first allowed to drink of the

3 frank, noble

of appearance, frank, noble, εὐπρεπής τε ἰδεῖν καὶ ἐ. X. Mem. 2.1.22, cf. Lac. 11.3 (Comp.); ἵππος Id. Eq. 10.17.

II

Adv. -ίως, ζῆν Arist. Pol. 1326b31; τεθραμμένους Isoc. 4.49, 7.43 (prob.): Comp. -ιώτερον, ζῆν X. Mem. 1.6.3: Sup. -ιώτατα ib. 4.8.1.

III the Deliverer

Ζεὺς Ἐ. Zeus the Deliverer, Pi. O. 12.1, Simon. 140.4, Hdt. 3.142, etc.

IV

Ἐ., ὁ (sc. μήν), = Ἐλευθεριών, SIG 1044.26.

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