ἀπρεπής

aprepes

unseemly, unbecoming

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 1
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Book VII 1
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788b5
Menexenus 1
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246e6
Parmenides 1
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136d7
Phaedrus 1
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274b7
Republic 1
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Book III 1
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398e6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπρεπής, ές, A. unseemly, unbecoming, ἀ. τι ἐπιγνῶναι, πάσχειν, Th. 3.57,67; ἀ. καὶ ἄσχημον Pl. Lg. 788b; μέθη . . φύλαξιν -έστατον Id. R. 398e; τὸ . . τοιαυτὶ ποιεῖν ἀπρεπές Epicr. 11.33; τὸ ἀ., = ἀπρέπεια, Th. 5.46,6.11. Adv. -πῶς, poet. -πέως, h.Merc. 272, Pl. Phdr. 274b, etc.: Comp. -έστερον Hdn. 3.13.1. II. of persons, disreputable, indecent, ἀνδρίον Theoc. 5.40.

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