χωρίον

chorion

place, spot, district

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Meno 7
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82d5
83d4
84c1
84d8
86e6
84a5
87a5
Hippias Major 1
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282e3
Laches 1
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193a6
Laws 1
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Book VIII 1
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844b3
Phaedrus 1
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230d4

Dictionary (LSJ)

χωρίον, τό, A. Dim. (only in form, cf. χ. μέγιστον Th. 2.19) of χῶρος and χώρα: 1. place, spot, district, very freq. in Prose from Hdt. downwards, e.g. 2.8,10,29, Th. 2.54; also in Com., as Ar. Nu. 209, etc.; never in Trag.: ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ χ. from the same spot, Hdt. 1.11; χ. ἔρημον, χ. χαλεπὰ καὶ πετρώδη, Th. 4.9; χ. ἱππάσιμα X. Cyr. 1.4.14: pl., sites, οἰκίσαι χωρία Th. 1.12. 2. town, ib.100, etc.; χωρίων κατάληψις Pl. Grg. 455b, cf. Lys. 28.7, etc. 3. landed property, estate, Th. 1.106, Pl. Lg. 844b, Lys. 7.4, IG 12.325.10; used with ἀγρός, X. HG 2.4.1, etc. 4. place of business, office, D. 45.33. 5. space, room, Th. 1.63, etc.; esp. in Geom., space enclosed by lines, area, figure, Pl. Men. 82b sq., Ar. Nu. 152, Euc. Dat. 55, Papp. 240.17: esp. rectangle, Archim. Con.Sph. 2, al. 6. passage in a book, Hdt. 2.117 (unless interpol.), Luc. Hist.Conscr. 12, Ath. 15.672a, Simp. in Cael. 126.4. b. subject, Th. 1.97: pl., topics, Lycurg. 31. 7. Medic., part of the body, Hp. Fract. 2, cf. Aph. 1.21 (pl.); τὸ χ. τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἥπατος periphr. for the gall-bladder, Id. Morb. 4.36.

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