αὐτόφωρος

autophoros

self-detected

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Apology 1
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Chapter ?

22b1
Laws 1
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Book XII 1
Chapter ?

942a3
Republic 1
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Book II 1
Chapter ?

359c3

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐτόφωρος, ον, (φώρ) A. self-detected, ἀμπλακήματα S. Ant. 51. II. mostly in the phrase ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ λαμβάνειν to catch in the act, Lys. 13.85, D. 19.132; ἑλεῖν E. Ion 1214; ἐλέγχειν Lys. 7.42: with pass. Verbs, ἐπʼ αὐτοφώρῳ ἁλῶναι Hdt. 6.72; εἰλῆφθαι Ar. Pl. 455, Eup. 181: hence, 2. in a more general sense, notoriously, manifestly, ἐπιβουλεύοντας φανῆναι ἐπʼ αὐ. Hdt. 6.137; ἐπʼ αὐ. αὐτὸν ἐλέγξω Lys. 13.30; τὸν θάνατόν τινος ἐπ. αὐ. μηχανωμένη Antipho 1.3; ἐπʼ αὐ. καταλαμβάνειν τινὰ ἀμαθέστερον ὄντα Pl. Ap. 22b, cf. R. 359c; ἐπʼ αὐ. εἴλημμαι πλουσιώτατος ὤν X. Smp. 3.13; ἀξιῶ σε . . ἐπʼ. αὐ. ταῦτά μοι ἐπιδεῖξαι Lys. 1.21; ἐπʼ αὐ. κλέπται ὄντες ἐξελεγχόμενοι Aeschin. 3.10.

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