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ὑγιής

ugies

healthy, sound

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Where it lives

  • Titus 1 · 15.43/10k
  • Fragments 3 · 7.53/10k
  • Apology 1 · 5/10k
  • Charmides 4 · 4.82/10k
  • On the Art of Horsemanship 3 · 4.32/10k
  • John 6 · 3.93/10k
  • Epistles 6 · 3.54/10k
  • Phaedo 7 · 3.21/10k
  • Meditations 8 · 2.75/10k
  • Bacchae 2 · 2.66/10k
  • Gorgias 7 · 2.66/10k
  • Discourses 16 · 2.16/10k

Densest 12 of 51 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

healthy, sound, to health, sound, ‘sound

healthy, sound in body, ὑγιέα ποιέειν or ἀποδέξαι τινά restore him to health, make him sound, Hdt. 3.130, 134; ὑγιῆ σώματα ἀπεργάζεσθαι Pl. Lg. 684c; τὸ ὑ. τοῦ σώματος, opp. τὸ νοσοῦν, Id. Smp. 186b, cf. X. Mem. 1.3.13; πόλις (opp. φλεγμαίνουσα) Pl. R. 372e: prov., ὑγιέστερος κολοκύντας or ὄμφακος ‘sound as a bell’, Epich. l.c., Phot.; ὑγιέστερος κροτῶνος or Κρότωνος Men. 318, cf. Str. 6.1.12.

2 sound

of oneʼs case or condition, σῶς καὶ ὑ. safe and sound, Hdt. 4.76, Th. 3.34.

3 safe and sound, in good case, in good condition, unbroken

of things, safe and sound, in good case, of the Hermae, Lys. 6.12; of ships, Th. 8.107; κόσμος X. Mem. 4.3.13; τὸ ἔδαφος καὶ οἱ τοῖχοι Arist. Mir. 842a33; σῶν καὶ ὑγιὲς μένειν Pl. Ti. 82b; in good condition, unbroken, πίθοι, κώθων, λίθος, IG 1(2).326.7, 42(1).121.85 (Epid., iv B. C.), 7.3073.32 (Lebad., ii B. C.); πίθοι ὑ., opp. ἀγγεῖα τετρημένα καὶ σαθρά, Pl. Grg. 493e, cf. Cra. 440c, Men. 77a (v. infr. III.1); ἱμάτια POxy. 530.20 (ii A. D.); μύλος ὑ. καὶ ἀσινής ib. 278.18 (i A. D.).

II sound in mind, virtuous

sound in mind, Simon. 5.4, etc.; φρένες ὑγιεῖς E. Ba. 948; virtuous, Pl. Phd. 89d; ἦθος Id. R. 409d, etc.; ὡς ὑγιεστάτη ψυχή Id. Grg. 526d; as a complimentary epithet, ὑγιέστατον ἀνθύπατον OGI 568.6 (Tlos, iii A.D.).

2 sound, wholesome, wise, fitting

of words, opinions, and the like, sound, wholesome, wise, μῦθος ὃς . . νῦν ὑγιής the word which is now fitting, Il. 8.524 (the only place where any of this family of words occurs in Hom.); ὑ. δόξαι Pl. R. 584e; εἴ τι ὑ. διανοοῦνται Th. 4.22, cf. Pl. Tht. 194b; χεῖρας καὶ γνώμην καθαροὶ καὶ ὑγιεῖς IG 12(1).789.5 (Lindus, ii A. D.).

3 sound, good

freq. with a neg., λόγος οὐκ ὑ. Hdt. 1.8; οὐδὲν ὑ. βούλευμα Id. 6.100; so in Trag. and Att., ὦ μηδὲν ὑ. μηδʼ ἐλεύθερον φρονῶν S. Ph. 1006; ἑλικτὰ κοὐδὲν ὑ. E. Andr. 448; οὐδὲν ὑ. διανοουμένων Th. 3.75; μηδὲν ὑ. λέγειν E. Ph. 201, cf. Ar. Th. 636, Pl. 274, etc.; φέρειν, ἀσκεῖν, Id. Ach. 956, Pl. 50; οὐδὲν ὑ. οὐδʼ ἀληθὲς ἔχειν Pl. Phd. 69b: also of persons, τὰς οὐδὲν ὑγιές Ar. Th. 394; πανοῦργον, ἄδικον, ὑγιὲς μηδὲ ἕν Id. Pl. 37: c. gen., οὐδʼ ἦν ἄρʼ ὑ. οὐδὲν ἐμπύρου φλογός there is nothing sound

4 sound

logically sound, τὸ ὑ. συνημμένον S.E. M. 8.118; ὑ. ἀπόδειξις Id. P. 1.116, cf. Arr. Epict. 2.1.4.

III sound and clear, correctly, in order

neut. as Adv., ὑγιὲς φθέγγεσθαι ring sound and clear, opp. σαθρόν, Pl. Tht. 179d: also in phrase ἐξ ὑγιοῦς, φροντίζειν ὅπως καὶ τἆλλα γένηται . . ἐξ ὑ. correctly, in order, PTeb. 27.60 (ii B. C.); οὐκ ἐξ ὑ. τὰς κτήσεις ποιοῦσιν, i. e. dishonestly, Vett.Val. 90.32.

2 healthily, soundly, honourably

regul. Adv. ὑγιῶς, healthily, διάγειν Ath. 2.46f; soundly, κρίνειν, φιλοσοφεῖν, Pl. R. 409a, 619d; ὑ. πεπολίτευμαι D. 18.298; ὑ. ἀπαγγεῖλαι Plot. 4.4.19; ὑ. καὶ πιστῶς honourably and faithfully, freq. in Pap., POxy. 1031.18 (iii A. D.), etc. (Prob. from ὑ-, cf. Skt. su- ‘well’, and -γιη-, I.-E. g ͧiyē cf. g ͧiyō in βιῶναι.)

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ὑγιής (scan p. 1576; entry #6206).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ὑγιής (scan pp. 1169-1170; entry #8212).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ὑγιής (scan pp. 1926-1927; entry #5810). Root candidates: *su-.

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