ἐπιείκεια, ἡ,
reasonableness, [[ ἔχει τινὰ οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἐπιείκειαν 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀγμῶν” 31 ] Refs 5th c.BC+].
__2. equity, opposed to strict law, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Top.” 141a16, etc.; κατ᾽ ἐπιείκειαν, opposed to κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.34; ἄκαμπτον εἰς ἐ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cat.Mi.” 4. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3. of persons, reasonableness, fairness, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.40, 48, 5.86, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.” 735a, etc.; ἐ. καὶ πρᾳότης Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus [{1-2nd c.AD}] “Pericles” 39, compare “NT.2Cor.10.1”] NT+5th c.BC+]; also, goodness, virtuousness, [[ 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.11, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.207, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “EN” 1175b24: _plural_, joined with χάριτες, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.63, compare 15.149. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II. personified, [[“Clemency”, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caes.” 57. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]