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ὑγίειᾰ

ugieia · ἡ

health, soundness

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Where it lives

  • De longitudine et brevitate vitae 3 · 17.04/10k
  • Categories 13 · 12.94/10k
  • Cleitophon 2 · 12.92/10k
  • Lysis 8 · 11.51/10k
  • Minos 2 · 7.01/10k
  • De Sensu et Sensibilibus 5 · 6.4/10k
  • Eudemian Ethics 16 · 6.13/10k
  • Meno 6 · 6.13/10k
  • Charmides 5 · 6.02/10k
  • De juventute et senectute, De vita et morte 1 · 5.44/10k
  • Apology 1 · 5/10k
  • Economics 3 · 4.84/10k

Densest 12 of 54 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

health, soundness, healthy states, conditions

health, soundness of body, Simon. 70, Pi. P. 3.73, Hdt. 2.77, Pl. R. 332d, etc.; ὑ. καὶ νοῦς ἀγαθὰ τῷ βίῳ δύο Men. Mon. 519, cf. Philem. 163: pl. ὑγίειαι, healthy states or conditions, Pl. Prt. 354b, R. 618b, Ti. 87d, Arist. HA 601a25.

2 soundness

of the mind, ὑ. φρενῶν soundness of mind, A. Eu. 535 (lyr.); ἡ περὶ τὸ σῶμα καὶ τὴν ψυχὴν ὑγίεια Isoc. 12.7.

II cake

a kind of cake used at sacrifices, Herod. 4.94, Ath. 3.115a, Hsch., Phot., AB 313.

III a medicine, a cure

a medicine, Alex.Trall. 5.4: generally, a cure, ὕπνος δὲ πάσης ἐστὶν ὑ. νόσου Men. Mon. 522.

IV six

Pythag. name for six, Anatol. ap. Theol.Ar. 37.

B Hygeia, the goddess of health

Ὑγίεια, ἡ, personified, Hygeia, the goddess of health, Hp. Jusj. 1, Ariphron 1, 7, Paus. 1.23.4, etc.: the last cup was drunk to her, μετανιπτρίδα τῆς Ὑγιείας πίνειν Antiph. 149 (hex.), cf. Call.Com. 6 (hex.): ἄγαλμα τῆς Ὑ. Ἀθηνᾶς Plu. Per. 13.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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