ἐπιείκεια

A. reasonableness, ἔχει τινὰ οὗτος ὁ λόγος ἐπιείκειαν Hp. Fract. 31.

2. . equity, opp. strict law, Arist. Top. 141a16, etc.; κατ’ ἐπιείκειαν, opp. κατὰ τοὺς ὅρκους, Isoc. 18.34; ἄκαμπτον εἰς ἐ. Plu. Cat.Mi. 4.

3. . of persons, reasonableness, fairness, Th. 3.40, 48, 5.86, Pl. Lg. 735a, etc.; ἐ. καὶ πρᾳότης Plu. Per. 39, cf.2 Ep.Cor. 10.1; also, goodness, virtuousness, Lys. 16.11, D. 21.207, Arist. EN 1175b24: pl., joined with χάριτες, Isoc. 4.63, cf. 15.149.

II. . personified, Clemency, Plu. Caes. 57.