ἄργυρος

argyros

white metal

Appears 26 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 7
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Book I 1
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630a5
Book III 1
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698a2
Book V 2
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743d3
742a1
Book VII 1
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819b8
Book VIII 1
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831d4
Book XII 1
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955e8
Republic 7
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Book III 4
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415a6
415b2
417a3
417a4
Book IV 1
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419a8
Book VIII 2
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547b4
548a7
Critias 3
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112c2
116d3
116d5
Philebus 2
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43e2
43e6
Statesman 2
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288d7
303e2
Alcibiades I 1
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123a5
Letters 1
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310a6
Phaedo 1
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110e7
Phaedrus 1
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263a6
Timaeus 1
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18b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄργυρος, ὁ, (ἀργός A) A. white metal, i.e. silver, ἐξ Ἀλύβης ὅθεν ἀργύρου ἐστὶ γενέθλη Il. 2.857; so πηγὴ ἀργύρου A. Pers. 238, etc.; ἄ. κοῖλος silver plate, Theopomp.Hist. 283a, Arist. Oec. 1350b23, etc. 2. ἄ. χυτός quicksilver, Id. de An. 406b19, Mete. 385b4, Thphr. Lap. 60. II. = ἀργύριον, silver-money, generally, money, A. Supp. 935; ἐπʼ ἀργύρῳ γε τὴν ψυχὴν προδούς S. Ant. 322; εἴ τι μὴ ξὺν ἀργύρῳ ἐπράσσετʼ by bribery, Id. OT 124; in later Prose, coupled with χρυσός, Ev.Matt. 10.9, Alciphr. 2.3. III. = λινόζωστος ἄρρην, Ps.-Dsc. 4.189.

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