βόρβορος

borboros

mire, filth

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Phaedo 2
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Chapter ?

69c6
110a6
Republic 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter ?

533d1

Dictionary (LSJ)

βόρβορος, ὁ, A. mire, filth, Asius 1, Heraclit. 13, A. Eu. 694, Ar. V. 259, Pl. Phd. 69c, LXX Je. 45.6, 2 Ep.Pet. 2.22. etc.: distd. fr. πηλός clay, moist earth, Luc. Prom.Es 1; sewer, Hsch.: metaph., foul abuse, τοσοῦτον β. κατήντλησάς μου Luc. Lex. 17.

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