The corpus record

ἡμερότης

emerotes · ἡ

cultivation

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Where it lives

Fragments 3 · 7.53/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

1. ἡμερότης · hēmerotēs

cultivation

cultivation, of a country, Hp. Aër. 12.

2 gentleness

of men, gentleness, Pl. R. 410d, Ephor. 31 (b) J., Epicur. Sent.Vat. 36, Phld. Hom. p.32 O., D.S. 32.27, etc.; of animals, Arist. HA 588a21.

II Clemency

as a title, Clemency, ἡ ἡμετέρα ἡ. Just. Nov. 115Pr.

2. ἡμερ-ωτής · hēmer-ōtēs

tamer, civilizer

tamer, civilizer, of Hercules, Max.Tyr. 3.7.

In the wild

ἡμερότης · hēmerotēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 10.1 (DIORISIS sentence 8623)
ἡμερότητα · hēmerotēta Epictetus, Discourses 2.10 (DIORISIS sentence 2380)
ἡμερότητος · hēmerotētos Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 221)
ἡμερότητος · hēmerotētos Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 277)
ἡμερότητος · hēmerotētos Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 291)
ἡμερότητος · hēmerotētos Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 3.11.2 (DIORISIS sentence 285)

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