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συγγνώμη ,
A.fellow-feeling, forbearance, lenient judgement, allowance, Ar.Pax 997, Pl.Criti.107a, Arist.EN1143a23, 1 Ep.Cor.7.6. Phrases: a. συγγνώμην ἔχειν judge kindly, excuse, pardon, E.Or. 661, Ar.Pax 668, etc.; τινι Hdt.1.116,155, S.Ph.1319, Lys.12.29, Pl.Phd.88c, X.HG6.2.13, etc.; “ἑαυτῷ κακῷ ὄντι” Pl.R.391e; τινος for a thing, Hdt.6.86. γ́, S.El.400, Ar.V.368, Lys.10.2, Pl.Phdr.233c, etc.; “περί τι” Arist.EN1143a22; folld. by ὅτι, Hdt.7.13, Pl.R.472a; by εἰ . . , E.Hipp.117, etc.; by inf., S.Aj.1322; c. gen. abs., “ς. ἔχε ἐμοῦ παρανοήσαντος” Ar.Nu.1479; so “ς. ποιήσασθαι” Hdt.2.110; “διδόναι” Plb.8.35.2; “νέμειν” Paus.2.27.4, Jul.Or.2.50c; “ἀπονέμειν” Luc.Nigr. 14: opp.
b. “συγγνώμης τυγχάνειν” X.Mem.1.7.4, And.1.141, Lys.1.3; παρά τινος from a person, Id.24.17, Isoc.12.38, etc.; συγγνώμης τινός, ὑπέρ τινος τυχεῖν, for a thing, E.Hipp.1326, Isoc. 12.271; ξυγγνώμην ἁμαρτεῖν . . λήψονται will be pardoned for offending, Th.3.40; “συγγνώμην αἰτεῖσθαι” Pl.Criti.106b; ς. ἔχει calls for for-bearance, S.Tr.328; “ἔχοντάς τι ξυγγνώμης” Th.3.44; ἐχέτω ς. let it pass, Plu.2.1118e.
c. πολλὴ ἔκ γε ἐμεῦ ἐγίνετο ς. Hdt.9.58; συγγνώμη τοι I excuse you, Id.1.39, cf. Th.8.50 (both c. inf.): συγγνώμη [ἐστί], c. acc. et inf., it is excusable that . ., Id.4.61, 5.88, cf. D.19.238; τὸ πεπεῖσθαι . . ς. Id.Prooem.34: also with a part., “ς. [ἐστί τινι] πλοῦτον ἀγειρομένῳ” AP11.389 (Lucill.); ς. [ἐστὶ] εἰ . . , ἐὰν . ., Th.1.32, 4.114, Pl.Hp.Mi.372a.
2. Rhet., confession and avoidance, Hermog.Stat.2, al.
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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