ἀγελαῖος

agelaios

belonging to a herd

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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263e9
264d2
264a6
265b8
266a1
266a3
268a3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγελαῖος, α, ον, (ἀγέλη) A. belonging to a herd, in Hom. always with βοῦς, Il. 11.729, Od. 10.410, al., cf. S. Aj. 175; βοσκήματα E. Ba. 677; αἱ ἀ. τῶν ἵππων, i.e. brood-mares, X. Eq. 5.8. II. in herds or shoals, gregarious, ἰχθύες Hdt. 2.93; ἀγελαῖα, τά, gregarious animals, Pl. Plt. 264d; opp. μοναδικά, σποραδικά, Arist. HA 487b34, Pol. 1256a23; πολιτικὸν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ζῷον πάσης μελίττης καὶ παντὸς ἀ. ζῴου μᾶλλον ib.1253a8. 2. of the common herd, ἀ. ἄνθρωποι, opp. ἄρχοντες, Pl. Plt. 268a; hence, common, ordinary, ἀ. ἰσχάδες Eup. 374; ἄρτοι Pl.Com. 76; κεραμίδες SIG 2587.209, cf. Ath.Mitt. 22.182 (Lebad.):—σοφισταί Isoc. 12.18, νῆσοι Philostr. Im. 2.17; proparox. in this sense, Eust. 1752.63.

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