αἰώνιος

aionios

lasting for an age

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 2
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37d3
37d7
Laws 1
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Book X 1
Chapter ?

904a9
Republic 1
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Book II 1
Chapter ?

363d2

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἰώνιος, ον, also α, ον Pl. Ti. 37d, Ep.Heb. 9.12:—A. lasting for an age (αἰών II), perpetual, eternal (but dist. fr. ἀΐδιος, Plot. 3.7.3), μέθη Pl. R. 363d; ἀνώλεθρον . . ἀλλʼ οὐκ αἰώνιον Id. Lg. 904a, cf. Epicur. Sent. 28; αἰ. κατὰ ψυχὴν ὄχλησις Id. Nat. 131 G.; κακά, δεινά, Phld. Herc. 1251.18, D. 1.13; αἰ. ἀμοιβαῖς βασανισθησόμενοι ib.19; τοῦ αἰ. θεοῦ Ep.Rom. 16.26, Ti.Locr. 96c; οὐ χρονίη μοῦνον . . ἀλλʼ αἰωνίη Aret. CA 1.5; αἰ. διαθήκη, νόμιμον, πρόσταγμα, LXX Ge. 9.16, Ex. 27.21, To. 1.6; ζωή Ev.Matt. 25.46, Porph. Abst. 4.20; κόλασις Ev.Matt. l.c., Olymp. in Grg.p.278J.; πρὸ χρόνων αἰ. 2 Ep.Tim. 1.9: opp. πρόσκαιρος, 2 Ep.Cor. 4.18. 2. holding an office or title for life, perpetual, γυμνασίαρχος CPHerm. 62. 3. = Lat. saecularis, Phleg. Macr. 4. 4. Adv. -ίως eternally, νοῦς ἀκίνητος αἰ. πάντα ὤν Procl. Inst. 172, cf. Simp. in Epict.p.77D.; perpetually, μισεῖν Sch.E. Alc. 338. 5. αἰώνιον, τό, = ἀείζωον τὸ μέγα, Ps.-Dsc. 4.88.

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