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μεγᾰλο-ψῡχία

megalopsuchia · ἡ

greatness of soul, high-mindedness, lordliness

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Virtues and Vices 4 · 26.97/10k
Eudemian Ethics 8 · 3.07/10k
Alcibiades 2 1 · 2.34/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 9 · 1.6/10k
Rhetoric 4 · 0.93/10k
Discourses 6 · 0.81/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5 · 0.47/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 2 · 0.36/10k
Meditations 1 · 0.34/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant

μεγᾰλο-ψῡχία · megalo-psychia — LSJ

greatness of soul, high-mindedness, lordliness, generosity

greatness of soul, high-mindedness, lordliness, Democr. 46, Isoc. 9.59, Arist. EN 1107b22, 1123a34, Plb. 10.40.6, etc.; μ. τῶν ἔργων D. 23.205, cf. D.S. 1.58; generosity, πρός τινας IG 2(2).1326.25: pl., Plb. 1.64.5.

2 arrogance

in bad sense, arrogance, D. 18.68, v.l. in Luc. Tim. 28.

3 Quixotism

Quixotism, Pl. Alc. 2.150c.

In the wild

μεγαλοψυχία · megalopsychia Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2364)
μεγαλοψυχίας · megalopsychias Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Β (DIORISIS sentence 2369)
μεγαλοψυχία · megalopsychia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοψυχία · megalopsychia Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοψυχίαν · megalopsychian Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
μεγαλοψυχίας · megalopsychias Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3

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