- ἔνδοξος
- ἔνδοξ-ος, ον, ([etym.] δόξα)A held in esteem or honour, of high repute, πρός τινος by one, X.Oec.6.10 codd. ([comp] 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 ἀλλ' -ότερος Isoc.1.37
;ὀλίγοι καὶ ἔ. ἄνδρες Arist.EN1098b28
, 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.2.99f
. Adv. -ξως, freq. in Inscrr., SIG442.7 (Erythrae, iii B. C.), etc., cf. Vit.Philonid.p.12C., Plu.Alc.1, etc.: [comp] Comp.-οτέρως, τὰ ἔνδοξα ἐ. λέγειν Hermog.Id.1.9
; also στῆλαι ἔχουσαι ἐπιγραφὰς -ξως conspicuously placed, Sammelb.6152.22 (i B. C.): [comp] 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 ([etym.] τὰ πρῶτα καὶ ἀληθῆ), Arist. Top.100b21, cf. EN1145b5, Rh.1355a17, al.; ἡ ἔ. διδασκαλία popular teaching, Gal.2.247.2 Adv. -ξως, συλλογίζεσθαι plausibly, opp. ἀληθῶς, Arist.SE175a31.III conceited, οὐκ ἔνδοξοι πρὸς τὸ μαθεῖν ἃ μὴ ἴσμεν not too proud to learn, Erot.Fr.60.
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