ἀδυναμία

adynamia

want of strength, debility

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 2
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522d6
492a5
Hippias Major 2
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295e10
296c1
Republic 2
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Book II 1
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359b6
Book VII 1
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532b9
Laws 1
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Book I 1
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646b10
Theaetetus 1
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192c4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀδυναμία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. want of strength, debility, Hp. VM 10: pl., ib.19, Plu. 2.791d; of medicine, want of strength, Thphr. HP 9.18.4. 2. generally, inability, incapacity, Hdt. 8.111, Arist. Metaph. 1019b15, etc.; ἡ τοῦ λέγειν ἀ. Antipho 5.2, cf. Pl. Lg. 646b, etc.: pl., LXX 3 Ma. 2.13: c. gen., ἀ. τοῦ ἀδικεῖν for wrongdoing, Pl. R. 359b; τῶν πραγμάτων for political action, Arist. Pol. 1314a23; [ψυχῆς] Stoic. 3.23: c. inf., Pl. R. 532b. 3. poverty, lack of resources, X. Oec. 20.22, D. 19.186.

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