ἀσαφής

asaphes

indistinct

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 4
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194e6
194e7
194e7
195a4
Republic 2
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Book III 1
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392d8
Book IX 1
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571a8
Cratylus 1
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427d7
Critias 1
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107d1
Laws 1
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Book XII 1
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952a6
Letters 1
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343b7
Philebus 1
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57b6
Protagoras 1
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316a2
Timaeus 1
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54b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσαφής, ές, A. indistinct (to the senses), dim, faint, σημεῖα Th. 3.22; σκιαγραφία Pl. Criti. 107d; indistinct (to the mind), uncertain, obscure, πάντʼ . . αἰνικτὰ κἀσαφῆ λέγεις S. OT 439; νὺξ διὰ τὸ σκοτεινὴ εἶναι ἀσαφεστέρα ἐστίν by night one sees less distinctly, X. Mem. 4.3.4; ἀ. πέλαγος AP 12.156; inarticulate, γλῶσσα Hp. Epid. 1.26.ιγʹ; of sounds, Arist. Aud. 801b21; φθέγματα Epigr.Gr. 1003.6. 2. of persons, obscure, διδάσκαλος Pl. R. 392d. II. Adv. -φῶς obscurely, Id. Cra. 427d; πολεμοῦνται ἀσαφῶς ποτέρων ἀρξάντων without knowing which began, Th. 4.20.

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