previous next
συγγνώμων , ον, gen. ονος: (
A.“συγγιγνώσκω” 1):—agreeing with, Pl.Lg. 770c; “σφίσι” App.BC2.122; τῆς ἀνάγκης about . . , Plu.Cleom.10; sharing knowledge with, ἀλλήλοισι cj. in Hp.Vict.1.6 (Vorsokr.i p.106).
II. (συγγιγνώσκω IV) disposed to pardon or forgive, indulgent, E.Fr.645, cf. Pl.Lg.921a, Arist.EN1143a19; ς. εἶναί τινι to be indulgent, show favour to a person, X.Mem.2.2.14; ς. εἶναί τινος to be disposed to forgive a thing, E.Med.870, cf. X.Cyr.6.1.37; “ς. τινί τινος” D.H.1.58; ξυγγνώμονες ἔστε [τισι] κολάζεσθαι, τῆς τιμωρίας τυγχάνειν, allow them to . ., Th.2.74; τὸ σύγγνωμον indulgence, Pl.Lg.757e; “Ἀπόλλωνι καὶ Ἀσκληπιῷ συγγνώμοσιν” IG42(1).432 (Epid., iv A.D.).
2. Pass., pardoned, deserving pardon or indulgence, “ξ. ἐστὶ τὸ ἀκούσιον” Th.3.40; “ξ. τι γίγνεσθαι πρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ” Id.4.98.
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.

hide Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
Search for in
How to enter text in Greek:
hide References (11 total)
  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (11):
    • Euripides, Medea, 870
    • Plato, Laws, 770c
    • Plato, Laws, 921a
    • Plato, Laws, 757e
    • Sophocles, Trachiniae, 1
    • Thucydides, Histories, 4.98
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 6.1.37
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 2.2.14
    • Thucydides, Histories, 2.74
    • Thucydides, Histories, 3.40
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 1.58
hide Display Preferences
Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar: