βραχύτης

brachytes

shortness

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Statesman 2
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Chapter ?

283c11
286c7
Republic 1
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Book III 1
Chapter ?

400c1

Dictionary (LSJ)

βραχύτης [ῠ], ητος, ἡ, A. shortness, opp. μῆκος, Pl. Plt. 283c; μελέτης βραχύτητι with shortness of practice, Th. 1.138; narrowness, deficiency, μετὰ βραχύτητος γνώμης Id. 3.42. 2. smallness, τοῦ βάθους Arist. Mete. 354a18. 3. shortness of a syllable, in prosody, Pl. R. 400c (pl.), Arist. Po. 1456b32, Plu. 2.947e, S.E. M. 1.100. 4. scantiness, τῶν ὄντων Lib. Or. 62.59. 5. shallowness, θαλάττης Scyl. 112. 6. Rhet., use of a condensed or allusive expression, Trypho Trop.p.202 S.

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