The corpus record

μεγᾰλο-φροσύνη

megalophrosune · ἡ

greatness of mind

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Where it lives

Fragments 1 · 2.51/10k
Meditations 3 · 1.03/10k
Alcibiades 1 1 · 0.98/10k
Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Histories 2 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

μεγᾰλο-φροσύνη · megalo-phrosynē — LSJ

greatness of mind, magnanimously

greatness of mind, Pl. Smp. 194b, Isoc. 9.27, IG 7.2713.10 (Oratio Neronis), Philostr. VS 2.1.3; ὑπὸ μεγαλοφροσύνης magnanimously, Hdt. 7.136.

2 pride, arrogance, pride, proud thoughts

in bad sense, pride, arrogance, ib. 24; μ. γένους pride of family, Antipho 4.3.2: pl., proud thoughts, AP 5.298 (Agath.).

II elevation of thought

elevation of thought, Longin. 7.3, Demetr. Eloc. 298; ὕψος -φροσύνης ἀπήχημα Longin. 9.2.

In the wild

μεγαλοφροσύνῃ · megalophrosynēi Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 1091)
μεγαλοφροσύνης · megalophrosynēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7709)
μεγαλοφροσύνης · megalophrosynēs Epictetus, Fragments (DIORISIS sentence 277)
μεγαλοφροσύνης · megalophrosynēs Herodotus, Histories 7.136.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7819)
μεγαλοφροσύνης · megalophrosynēs Herodotus, Histories 7.24.1 (DIORISIS sentence 7243)
μεγαλοφροσύνης · megalophrosynēs Marcus Aurelius, Meditations 10.11.1 (DIORISIS sentence 1675)

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