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wi-no-ra · W132

winora · meekness, will-without-force · ✅

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Domain ethics / affect
Class quality / disposition
Type compound
Register standard / ethical
First use Matthew 5:5 (Beatitude: "the meek" = lo-zo-li wi-no-ra).

Composition

wi (will/intention) + no (negation/absence) + ra (force/energy) = will-without-force = the purposive quality of having intention without directing force against others. Head-final: ra (force) is head; wi-no specifies the kind of force-absence — it is the force of will that is absent, not all force.

Definition

meekness; gentleness; the quality of purposeful will without aggressive force. Being intentional and directed without dominating or overwhelming. Not absence of will but presence of will without force applied against others. Greek praus (gentle, meek, tame — of a trained horse).

Notes

The Greek praus was used of a horse that had been trained to submit its strength to the rider — not a weak horse but a disciplined one. wi-no-ra captures this: not lack of will or capacity, but will that does not assert itself with force against others. Compare: wi = will/intention alone (force may be implied) wi-no-ra = will without aggressive force = meekness no-ra = without force (could be mere weakness) The compound wi-no-ra is richer than either component: it specifies that the will exists but chooses not to force.

wi (primitive: will/intention), no (primitive: negation), ra (force), su-fa (W133: pure in heart — inner organization rather than force-type)

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