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ἐξουσ-ία , ἡ, (ἔξεστι)
A.power, authority to do a thing, c. inf., “χαίρειν καὶ νοσεῖν ἐ. πάρεστι” S.Fr.88.11 codd.; “αὐτῷ ἐ. ἦν σαφῶς εἰδέναι” Antipho 1.6, cf. Th.7.12; ἐξουσίαν ὁ νόμος δέδωκε permission to do . ., Pl. Smp.182e; “ἐ. ποιεῖν” Id.Cri.51d, etc.; “ἐ. λαβεῖν” And.2.28, X.Mem.2.6.24, etc.; “λαβὼν ἐ. ὥστε . .” Isoc.3.45; ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς εἰρήνης ἐ. with the freedom permitted by peace, D.18.44: c. gen. objecti, ἐ. ἔχειν θανάτου power of life and death, Poll.8.86; πρᾶγμα οὗ τὴν ἐ. ἔχουσιν ἄλλοι control over . ., Diog.Oen.57; ἐ. τινός power over, licence in a thing, “τοῦ λέγειν” Pl.Grg.461e; ἐν μεγάλῃ ἐ. τοῦ ἀδικεῖν ib.526a, cf. R.554c; κατὰ τὴν οὐκ ἐ. τῆς ἀγωνίσεως from want of qualification for . ., Th.5.50: abs., power, authority, E.Fr.784.
2. abuse of authority, licence, arrogance, “ὕβρις καὶ ἐ.” Th.1.38, cf. 3.45, D.19.200; ἡ ἄγαν ἐ. ib.272; “ἄμετρος ἐ.” OGI669.51 (i A.D.).
3. Lit. Crit., ἐ. ποιητική poetic licence, Str.1.2.17, Jul.Or.1.10b.
II. office, magistracy, “ἀρχαὶ καὶ ἐ.” Pl.Alc.1.135b; “οἱ ἐν ταῖς ἐ.” Arist.EN1095b21; “οἱ ἐν ἐ. ὄντες” Id.Rh. 1384a1; “οἱ ἐπ᾽ ἐξουσιῶν” LXXDa.3.2; ἡ ὑπατικὴ ἐ. the consulate, D.S. 14.113, etc.; also “ἡ ὕπατος ἐ.” D.H.7.1; ἡ ταμιευτικὴ ἐ. the quaestorship, Id.8.77; δημαρχικὴ ἐ., v. δημαρχικός; ἡ τοῦ θαλάμου ἐ., in the Roman empire, lordship of the bedchamber, Hdn.1.12.3.
2. concrete, body of magistrates, D.H.11.32; αἱ ἐ. (as we say) the authorities, Ev.Luc.12.11,al., Plu.Phil.17.
b. ἡ ἐ. as an honorary title, POxy.1103 (iv A.D.), etc.
III. abundance of means, resources, “ἐξουσίας ἐπίδειξις” Th.6.31; “πλοῦτος καὶ ἐ.” Id.1.123, cf. D. 21.138; “ἐνδεεστέρως ἢ πρὸς τὴν ἐ.” Th.4.39; “τῶν ἀναγκαίων ἐ.” Pl.Lg. 828d; excessive wealth, opp. οὐσία, Com.Adesp.25a.5D.
IV. pomp, Plu.Aem.34.
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.

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