βόσκημα

boskema

that which is fed

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book V 1
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743d4
Book VI 1
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761a5
Book VII 1
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807a5
Book VIII 1
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843d6
Book XI 1
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933d3
Republic 2
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Book II 1
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373c7
Book IX 1
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586a7
Alcibiades I 1
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122d8
Critias 1
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111c8
Theaetetus 1
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162e4

Dictionary (LSJ)

βόσκημα, ατος, τό, A. that which is fed or fatted: in pl., fatted beasts, cattle, S. Tr. 762, E. Ba. 677, X. HG 4.6.6; of sheep, E. Alc. 576 (lyr.), El. 494; ἐμῆς χερὸς β., of horses, Id. Hipp. 1356 (lyr.); of dogs, X. Cyr. 8.1.9; ζῆν ἀπὸ βοσκημάτων Arist. Pol. 1319a20: dual, of a couple of pigs, Ar. Ach. 811: sg., of a single beast, ἄκανθα ποντίου β. A. Fr. 275.3; ἐν τρόπῳ βοσκήματος πιαινόμενον ζῆν Pl. Lg. 807a; opp. θηρίον, Arist. MM 1204a38, Str. 16.4.16. II. food, β. πηυονῆς A. Supp. 620, cf. S. El. 364, Ar. Ra. 892; ἀναίματον β. δαιμόνων prey drained of blood by the Erinyes, A. Eu. 302.

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