ἀνώμαλος

anomalos

uneven, irregular

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 4
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Book I 1
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625d3
Book VI 2
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775d2
773b7
Book XI 1
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918b4
Timaeus 3
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52e3
58a1
62b1
Menexenus 2
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238e3
238e3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνώμαλος, ον, (ἀ- priv., ὁμαλός) A. uneven, irregular, χώρα Pl. Lg. 625d; φύσις Id. Ti. 58a; τὸ ἀ. τῆς ναυμαχίας Th. 7.71 (cj.), cf. Arist. Pr. 885a15: and in Sup., Hp. Aër. 13; of movements, Arist. Ph. 228b16, al.; of periods of time, Id. GA 772b7; of the voice, ib.788a1. Adv. -λως, κινεῖσθαι Id. Ph. 238a22, cf. Pl. Ti. 52e. II. of conditions, fortune, and the like, φεῦ τῶν βροτείων ὡς ἀ. τύχαι E. Fr. 684; πόλις, πολιτεία, Pl. Lg. 773b, Mx. 238e; θέα Plot. 6.7.34. Adv. -λως Hp. Prog. 3, Isoc. 7.29; ἀ. διατεθῆναι τὸ σῶμα fall into precarious health, Prisc.p.333 D. III. of persons, inconsistent, capricious, ὁμαλῶς ἀ. Arist. Po. 1454a26; ὄχλος, δαιμόνιον, App. BC 3.42, Pun. 59; πίθηκος Phryn. Com.20; τύχη AP 10.96. Adv. -λως Isoc. 9.44. IV. Gramm., of words which deviate from a general rule, anomalous, Diom. 1.327 K.; but τὸ ἀ. τῆς συντάξεως diversity of construction, A.D. Synt. 291.17. Adv.-λως Sch.Th. Oxy. 853v18.

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