αὐτοσχεδιάζω

autoschediazo

act

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Euthyphro 2
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5a7
16a2
Menexenus 2
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235c9
235d2
Apology 1
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20d1
Cratylus 1
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413d4
Phaedrus 1
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236d5

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐτοσχεδιάζω, aor. part. Pass. -ασθείς Stratt. 4 D.: (αὐτοσχέδιος):—Α. act or speak offhand, extemporize, Pl. Cra. 413d, Mx. 235c, X. Mem. 3.5.21. 2. c. acc., extemporize, τὰ δέοντα Th. 1.138, cf. X. HG 5.2.32. II. mostly in bad sense, act, speak, or think unadvisedly, v.l. in Pl. Euthd. 278e; αὐ. καὶ καινοτομεῖν περὶ τῶν θείων Id. Euthphr. 5a, cf. Ap. 20c, Isoc. 9.41, D. 61.43; περί τι Pl. Euthphr. 16a, Arist. Pol. 1326b19; εἰς τὰ τῶν Ἐλλήνων σώματα Aeschin. 3.158.

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