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421 entries for
Plato
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ε
904
Ἐλόχησεν
platooned
[sc. This word occurs] in Herodotus meaning [he] organized into
platoons.
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ε
584
Ἔκπλυτον
washed-out
… to dying. Adler also classifies the entry as a gl[ossa]
Platonica'
(repeated by Theodoridis at his Photius, Lexicon epsilon478), evidently because it appears as a totality in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. Thus the source of …
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α
69
Ἀβραάμ
Abraham
… Life of the Statesman. About Philo it is said "Philo
platonizes
and
Plato
philonizes." The practice of idolatry extended from Serug to the time of Abraham's father Tharron. Thus, when Abraham was 14 years …
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science and technology
science and technology
37
37
gender and sexuality
36
gender and sexuality
36
trade and manufacture
25
trade and manufacture
25
Christianity
23
Christianity
23
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21
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21
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19
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19
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19
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19
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17
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17
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17
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17
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15
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15
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14
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14
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14
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14
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13
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13
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9
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9
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6
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6
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6
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6
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5
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5
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3
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3
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3
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3
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3
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δ
1238
Δίων
Dion, Dio
Son of Hipparinos; a Syracusan, a
Platonic
philosopher. [He was] the brother of Aristomache, the wife of the older Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily. He also ruled over Sicily as tyrant, expelling Dionysius, the son …
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α
4011
Ἁρποκρατίων
Harpokration, Harpocration
Of Argos [Myth, Place].
Platonic
philosopher. Companion/confidant of a Caesar. He wrote a Commentary on
Plato
(24 books); Lexicon to
Plato
(2 books).
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short
α
2156
Ἀνδραποδώδεις
slavish
… qri/c ["slavish hair"], [a saying] in reference to the foolish.
Plato
says: "having the slavish hair in their soul, through lack of education."
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δ
1547
Δρύοχοι
stocks
… lay one in the sea, and one [secured] by stocks".
Plato
in Timaeus calls 'stocks' the supports of the ship under construction. "When a fleet is being built out of stocks all at the …
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α
1467
Ἀμαθέστερος
more ignorant, rather ignorant
Also [sc. attested] is a)maqh/s; meaning uneducated and unprepared;
Plato
[sc. uses the word]. It is also applied to one who is poorly educated and to someone not educated who understands by instinct.
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α
2024
Ἀναπλήσας
having filled up, having defiled
[Meaning he] having made full. But
Plato
[uses it] to mean he having polluted.
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α
4398
Ἀτυφία
lack of delusion, modesty
[Means] humility. And [the related adjective] a)/tufon in
[Plato's]
Phaedrus [means] unharmful; since delusion [tu=fon] harms. And e)pitequmme/non ["inflamed"] likewise; for the [verb] qu/yai ["to inflame"] [means] to kindle. Also [sc. attested are] quma/lwpes, …
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χ
418
Χοσρόης
Chosroes, Khosrau, Khosraw
… of Oloros, and was totally obsessed with the teachings of
Plato
the son of Ariston; neither could the Timaeus elude him, even though it is very much embellished with geometrical speculation and investigates the …
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δ
1355
Δομνῖνος
Domninos, Domninus
… philosophical matters. As a result, he also perverted many of
Plato's
opinions with his own. Although he corrupted them, he nonetheless gave a satisfactory defense to Proklos, who had written to him an entire …
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α
2829
Ἀξιῶν
deeming
Meaning [he] considering, supposing. Lysias and
Plato
[sc. use the word]. Also meaning [he] beseeching, entreating. Or also/even meaning [he] considering.
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α
3056
Ἀπέσβηκε
he had quenched
Amongst those who use the [verb] to quench is
Plato
in Statesman.
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short
α
4348
Ἀτέχνοις
for unskilled ones, to unskilled ones, with unskilled ones
… and meaning strongly, and meaning once-for-all, and meaning utterly. So
Plato
[sc. uses it]. "Being absolutely happy with Aristotle's happiness." And elsewhere: "he simply would not discuss with the others, not even if he …
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medium
β
104
Βαρβαρίζει
behaves like a barbarian
Meaning [he/she/it] thinks barbarian thoughts. Thus
Plato
[sc. uses the word]. "But barbarism is pronunciation with defects contrary to the custom of the Greeks of good repute; solecism is an expression constructed ungrammatically;" such …
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δ
1476
Δῶρος
Doros, Dorus
… his youth, and on account of his inexperience with great-minded
Plato’s
knowledge, not able to mount to the loftiness and brillance of his thoughts. Isidore, learning the state he was in, called him forth …
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ε
138
Ἐγκύρτια
fish-trap entrances, weel entrances
[Meaning] the woven parts in fish-traps. But
Plato
uses the term in Timaeus in reference to the throat.
Matched in translation
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short
χ
615
Χυτρέα
potter
… worker in clay, and a craftsman of such products. And
Plato
in Republic [uses the word].
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short
χ
110
Χαρίζεσθαι
to indulge, to please, to pleasure
The first part of this entry reproduces one in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. See also Etymologicum Genuinum, Etymologicum Magnum 807.19, and the scholia to
Plato,
Phaedrus 227C (web address 1 below). [1]
Plato,
Parmenides 137A, …
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α
2143
Ἀναψῦχον
refreshing
Same entry in Photius, and in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon. For this verb see already alpha 2142. [1] The primary headword is quoted from
Plato,
Cratylus 399D. [2] This secondary headword is surely also quoted …
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α
2727
Ἀντιστρόφους
counterparts
… plural of this adjective, must be quoted from somewhere (perhaps
Plato:
see next note). [1] Likewise in other lexica, including Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon; this suggests (without guaranteeing) that the headword is quoted from
Plato,
…
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α
2795
Ἀνυσίμως
effectually
Same entry in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon; similar ones elsewhere. The primary headword is quoted from
Plato,
Theaetetus 144B. cf. generally alpha 2783, alpha 2794, alpha 2797, alpha 2798, alpha 2799. [1]
Plato,
again, has …
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β
204
Βδελυρός
disgusting
[1] Likewise in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon (and again in Photius). Perhaps generated by the occurrence of the headword adjective in
Plato,
Republic 338D (where Thrasymachus applies it to Socrates), though not necessarily so; Timaeus' …
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δ
856
Διδαξάμενος
having [someone] taught
Same entry in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon, compiled at some time between the first and the fourth centuries CE. Similar one, later, in Photius, Lexicon delta520, though the glossing there is corrupted into tele/sas ti …
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χ
158
Χαιρεφῶν
Chairephon, Chaerephon
… 1744. [2] For Socrates see generally sigma 829, sigma 830.
Plato
mentions Chaerephon a number of times in his works (especially in "Socratic" dialogues such as Apology, Charmides, and Gorgias). In Apology 20E-21A, for …
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χ
340
Χλιδή
luxury
… (according to Adler) the Ambrosian Lexicon. [2] Likewise in Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon (and similarly elsewhere). Though Timaeus does not in fact confine himself to
Plato,
there is a suitable instance of the genitive xlidh=s …
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δ
39
Δαμάσκιος
Damaskios, Damascius
… Phrygians; he flourished in the time of Justinian. Commentaries on
Plato,
On First Principles, and Philosophical History were written by him.
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short
α
279
Ἄγνος
chaste-tree, withy
LSJ entry at web address 1. [1] From Timaeus'
Platonic
Lexicon; likewise in Photius (alpha210 Theodoridis) and elsewhere; cf. alpha 280, lambda 780. [2] So too the scholia to
Plato,
Phaedrus 230B.
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α
695
Ἀΐστωρ
unknowing, unaware
… (web address 1 below); in the singular (and absolutely) in
Plato,
Laws 8.845B (web address 2 below). The latter passage, surely, has given rise to the present entry, which is also in other lexica, …
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