ἄμορφος

amorphos

misshapen, unsightly

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book VI 1
Chapter ?

752a3
Book IX 1
Chapter ?

855c3
Book XII 1
Chapter ?

960a1
Timaeus 2
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50d7
51a7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄμορφος, ον, A. misshapen, unsightly, γυνή Hdt. 1.196; γῆρας Thgn. 1021; στολήν γʼ ἄμορφον ἀμφὶ σῶμʼ ἔχεις E. Hel. 554: metaph., μῦθος Pl. Lg. 752a: Sup. ἀμορφέστατος (as if from ἀμορφής) Hdt. l.c.: regul. Comp. -ότερος X. Smp. 8.17: Sup. -ότατος Plu. Mar. 2, etc. Adv. -φως uglily, Luc. Am. 41. II. without form, shapeless, Pl. Ti. 51a: c. gen., ἄ. ἐκείνων ἁπασῶν τῶν ἰδεῶν without partaking of their form, ib.50d; ἡ ὕλη τὸ ἄ. ἔχει πρὶν λαβεῖν τὴν μορφήν Arist. Ph. 191a10. III. metaph., degrading, Pl. Lg. 855c.

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