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ἀργύριον

argyrion

small coin, piece of money

Appears 62 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀργύριον [ῠ], τό, A. small coin, piece of money, Ar. Fr. 262, X. Oec. 19.16, etc.: pl. (v. Poll. 9.89), Ar. Av. 600, Eup. 155, X.l.c.: then, 2. collectively, money, Ar. Pl. 156,158, al.; ἀ. ῥητόν a fixed sum, Th. 2.70; εἰς ἀ. λογισθέντα calculated in our money, X. Cyr. 3.1.33; ἀ. καθαρόν ‘hard cash’, Theoc. 15.36: in Com. with Art., τἀργύριον the money, the cash, δανείζεσθαι Ar. Nu. 756; ἀπαιτεῖν ib.1247; κατατιθέναι Antiph. 124.14, etc.; so τἀ. καταβάλλειν Th. 1.27, etc. II. = ἄργυρος, silver, πεντηκοσίας μνέας ἀργυρίου Hdt. 3.13; ἀ. ἐπίσημον and ἄσημον Th. 2.13; χρυσίον καὶ ἀ. Pl. Alc. 1.122e; ἀργυρίου ἄνθος lead oxide, Hp. Nat.Mul. 33.
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