ἀπορροή

aporroe

flowing off, stream

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Meno 4
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76c7
76c9
76c10
76d4
Phaedrus 1
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251b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπορροή, ἡ, ἀπορρέω) A. flowing off, stream, αἵματος ἀπορροαί E. Hel. 1587; outflow, Sabin. ap. Orib. 9.15.6; surface from which water flows off, D.S. 2.8. 2. falling of a river, Aristid. Or. 36(48).36. 3. exhalation, Plu. Sol. 23. 4. effluence, emanation, ἀπορροὴ τοῦ κάλλους Pl. Phdr. 251b; πάντων ἀπορροαὶ ὅσσʼ ἐγένοντο Emp. 89, cf. Arist. Pr. 908a21, Plot. 2.3.2; ἔστι χρόα ἀπορροὴ σχήματων ὄψει ξύμμετρος Pl. Men. 76d. II. falling away, loss, τὰ ἐκεῖ ταχθέντα κατὰ φύσιν μένοντα οὐδεμίαν πάσχει ἀ. Plot. 2.1.4.

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