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35 entries for Theaetetus

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α1523Ἀμβλίσκουσινthey induce miscarriage… and casting out the fetuses. Plato [uses the word] in Theaetetus. Also [sc. attested are] a)mbli/skein and e)camblou=n ["to induce miscarriage" and "to abort"], [meaning] to destroy and to obliterate.Matched in translationhighshort
α1930Ἀναλαμβάνεινto gather up… they mocked those who did not do this. Plato in Theaetetus [writes]: "those who are able to perform all services sharply and smartly, but who do not know how to gather up [sc. their …Matched in translationhighmedium
α2258Ἄνεμοςair, wind… blows. Also [sc. attested is the diminutive] a)nemi/dion. Plato in Theaetetus [writes]: "[...] it happens [to be] a productive little wind".Matched in translationhigh

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Ἀμβλίσκουσιν

they induce miscarriage

[Meaning] they cast away. [The term] which applies to women destroying and casting out the fetuses. Plato [uses the word] in Theaetetus. Also [sc. attested are] a)mbli/skein and e)camblou=n ["to induce miscarriage" and…

Ἀμβλίσκουσιν· ἀποβάλλουσιν. ὃ συμβαίνει ταῖς διαφθειρούσαις καὶ προβαλλούσαις τὰ κυήματα. Πλάτων Θεαιτήτῳ. καὶ Ἀμβλίσκειν καὶ Ἐξαμβλοῦν, τὸ διαφθείρειν καὶ ἀφανίζειν.

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α3561Ἀποστοματίζεινto recite, to dictate… orally as many things as he told them." Plato in Theaetetus [writes]: "but what indeed are words? Can you explain? -- No, by Zeus, at least, not orally, but I wrote down notes right …Matched in translationhighmedium

β198Βδέλλεταιmilks[Meaning] gets milk from. Plato says "milks" in the Theaetetus.Matched in translationhighshort

ε2288Ἐπιδεξιελευθέρωςin a gentlemanly right-to-left mannerPlato in Theaetetus [writes]: "those who are able to perform all services sharply and smartly, but who do not know how to gather up [sc. their clothing] in a gentlemanly left-to-right manner, or to …Matched in translationhighshort

χ564Χρυσῆν σειρήνgolden cordPlato says in Theaetetus that the sun is so called by Homer.Matched in translationhighshort

α2733Ἀντιτυπῆσαιto resist, to strike against… sense of "reflection". [2] That is, flint: Greek Anthology 6.27.4 (Theaetetus Scholasticus). Find further extracts from this epigram, wherein a retiring fisherman dedicates his equipment, at beta 539 and epsilon 3990. [3] John Philoponus, …Matched in noteshighmedium

α888Ἀκίνητα κινεῖνto move the unmoveable… a scholiast on the discussion of movement, kinesis, in Plato, Theaetetus 180-1. See also Zenobius 1.55 and other paroemiographers, and cf. mu 905.Matched in noteshighshort

α1345Ἀλλοτριονομοῦντεςassigning things to the wrong place… other lexica, including Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon. From glosses on Plato, Theaetetus 195A, where the headword (nominative plural, masculine, of the participle) occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

α1722ἈμφιδρόμιαAmphidromiaFrom the scholia to Plato, Theaetetus 160E, where the headword occurs. See also Harpokration s.v. For the tenth see delta 186.Matched in noteshighshort

α2314Ἀνερμάτιστονunstable, without ballast… there are numerous possibilities. [1] cf. the scholia to Plato, Theaetetus 144A, where the neuter plural occurs.Matched in noteshighshort

α2769Ἄντυγεςrails, rims… Timaeus' Platonic Lexicon (perhaps, though not necessarily, generated by Plato, Theaetetus 207A). [2] Sophocles, Ajax 1029-31 (web address 1); cf. pi 2299, tau 1233.Matched in noteshighshort

α2795Ἀνυσίμωςeffectually… 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 instances of this superlative (though not …Matched in noteshighshort

α2819Ἄξιος λαβεῖν ὁ μισθόςthe wage [is] worth taking… any event, "worth not even a single" comes from Plato, Theaetetus 162E. [8] Zenobius 2.2. Perhaps because metal skewers were used as currency in archaic times.Matched in noteshighmedium

α3235ἉπλότηςsimplicityThe source of this material is unidentifiable. [1] Plato, Theaetetus 176A (web address 1).Matched in noteshighmedium

α3688Ἀπρίξtight, fast… glossing in other lexica. [2] From the scholia to Plato, Theaetetus 155E, where the word occurs; also in Hesychius.Matched in noteshighshort

α4034Ἄρτιjust now… on Lucian (230.13 Rabe); cf. also the scholia to Plato, Theaetetus 142A. [2] Aristophanes, Clouds 144 (web address 1 below), with comment from the scholia there.Matched in noteshighshort

α4319Ἀτάρbut yet… in other lexica, and see also the scholia to Plato, Theaetetus 142C, where this conjunction (a single word in the Greek) occurs. cf. alpha 4321, alpha 4323, alpha 4324; and see generally LSJ s.v.Matched in noteshighshort

α4366Ἀτιμότερονmore dishonored, rather dishonored… the Epistles of the Emperor Julian.) [2] Greek Anthology 7.727.3-4 (Theaetetus), with *mi/nw, genitive of the name Minos; the Suda corrupts this to min. For Thersites, the proverbial nobody (in Homer), see theta 257; …Matched in noteshighshort

α4490Αὐτὸ δείξειwill show itself… fully in Hesychius s.v. (alpha8407), who cites Plato. (See Plato, Theaetetus 200E and Hippias Major 288B, with the scholia to each.) Also in the late paroemiographers.Matched in noteshighshort

αι297Αἱρεῖtakes… lexica, and in scholia on Homer, Iliad 3.446, and Plato, Theaetetus 142B. See also alphaiota 305, eta 496, etc. [2] Likewise or similarly in other lexica.Matched in noteshighshort

β539Βριθομένηburdened… or similar glossing in other lexica. [2] Greek Anthology 6.27.8 (Theaetetus Scholasticus), a retiring fisherman's dedication. See additional quotes from this epigram at alpha 2733 and epsilon 3990.Matched in noteshighshort

δ468Δημοῦσθαιto talk popularly… who cites Plato for this sense of the verb (= Theaetetus 161E, which has the participle dhmou/menon; cf. the scholia there). [1] See delta 444. [2] This appears to be the required meaning of …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1229Διώκεινto prosecute, to pursue… fi/lei, taxe/ws diw/cei kou)k e)qe/loisa; d. kai\ filei=n tina Plato, Theaetetus 168A; Luke 17.23; of an object, see Homer, Iliad 17.75 a)ki/xhta d. "pursue unattainable goals"; Sophocles, Ajax 997 so\n mo/ron "his doom"; Thucydides …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1233Διωλύγιονenormouscf. omega 78. [1] cf. (e.g.) Harpokration s.v. [2] Plato, Theaetetus 162A, with an extraneous verb added, both here and again in delta 1314 (see web address 1), and scholion on this passage; Zenobius …Matched in noteshighshort

δ1254Διωσόμεθαwe will reject… The source seems rather to be Plato, Sophist 251A or Theaetetus 163C, as its appearance in Timaeus' Lexicon would suggest, but the variant readings in other lexica do cloud the issue somewhat.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1314Δνοπαλίζω>20 οὕτως δνοπαλίζεις διωλύγιος φλυαρίαI fling down… 4.472 and Odyssey 14.512. [1] A corrupted version of Plato, Theaetetus 162A, copied here from delta 1233.Matched in noteshighshort

δ1429Δούρειοςplanked, wooden… So in e.g. Euripides, Trojan Women 14 (if authentic); Plato, Theaetetus 184D. The Homeric form was doura/teos (Odyssey 8.493 etc.); delta 1428. For the phrase see again under delta 1541. [2] Aristophanes, Birds 1128-31 …Matched in noteshighshort

ε492Ἐκμαγῆσαιto model… basis of the aorist passive e)kmagh=nai (for which see Plato, Theaetetus 191E). If it is not simply generated by e)kmagei=sai (see above), it must be quoted from somewhere (and might, in context, be figurative). …Matched in noteshighshort

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