Plato Greek Lexicon ἀργός

ἀργός

argos

shining, glistening

Appears 22 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀργός (A), ή, όν, A. shining, glistening, of a goose, Od. 15.161; of a sleek, well-fed ox, Il. 23.30; in Hom. mostly in the phrase πόδας ἀργοί, of hounds, swift-footed, because all swift motion causes a kind of glancing or flickering light, 18.578, Od. 2.11, etc.; κύνες ἀργοί Il. 1.50, 18.283, cf. D.S. 4.41, Corn. ND 16. 2. white, Arist. Top. 149a7. II. parox. as pr. n., Ἄργος, , name of a dog, Swift-foot, Od. 17.292: also of the herdsman Argus (i.e. bright-eyed, A. Pr. 567 (lyr.), Supp. 305) who was so called from his eyes being ever open and bright. (By dissimilation from *ἀργρός, cf. Skt. ṛjrá-, = (1) shining, (2) swift, Vedic pr. n. Ṛji-śvan-, lit. = possessing κύνες ἀργοί.)
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