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ἔνδοξος

ἔνδοξος, held in esteem

ἔνδοξ-ος, ον, (δόξα)
  • held in esteem or honour, of high repute, πρός τινος by one, X. Oec. 6.10 codd. (Sup.); -ότατοι ποιηταί Id. Mem. 1.2.56; πόλις -οτέρα εἰς τὰ πολεμικά ib. 3.5.1; νέοι πλούσιοι καὶ ἔ. Pl. Sph. 223b; μὴ πλουσιώτερος ἀλλʼ -ότερος Isoc. 1.37; ὀλίγοι καὶ ἔ. ἄνδρες Arist. EN 1098b28, cf. Epicur. Sent. 7, etc.
      • 2 of things, notable, πράγματα Aeschin. 3.231, cf. Diod.Com. 2.21; generally approved, τὸ καλόν, = τὸ ἔ., Epicur. Fr. 513; glorious, ταφαί Plu. Per. 28; ἡδὺ καὶ ἔ. καὶ ὠφέλιμον Id. Fort. 2.99f. Adv. -ξως, freq. in Inscrr., SIG 442.7 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), etc., cf. Vit.Philonid. p.12 C., Plu. Alc. 1, etc.: Comp. -οτέρως, τὰ ἔνδοξα ἐ. λέγειν Hermog. Id. 1.9; also στῆλαι ἔχουσαι ἐπιγραφὰς -ξως conspicuously placed, Sammelb. 6152.22 (i B. C.): Sup. -ότατα, ἐβουλεύσασθε D. 18.65.
    • II resting on opinion, probable, generally admitted, ἔ. τὰ δοκοῦντα πᾶσιν ἢ τοῖς πλείστοις ἢ τοῖς σοφοῖς, opp. to what is necessarily true (τὰ πρῶτα καὶ ἀληθῆ), Arist. Top. 100b21, cf. EN 1145b5, Rh. 1355a17, al.; ἡ ἔ. διδασκαλία popular teaching, Gal. 2.247.
      • 2 Adv. -ξως, συλλογίζεσθαι plausibly, opp. ἀληθῶς, Arist. SE 175a31.
    • III conceited, οὐκ ἔνδοξοι πρὸς τὸ μαθεῖν ἃ μὴ ἴσμεν not too proud to learn, Erot. Fr. 60.

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