χύδην

chyden

as if poured out, in floods

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Laws 2
Open Laws ›
Book VII 1
Chapter ?

811d3
Book IX 1
Chapter ?

858b4
Phaedrus 1
Open Phaedrus ›
Chapter ?

264b3
Republic 1
Open Republic ›
Book VII 1
Chapter ?

537c1

Dictionary (LSJ)

χύδην [ῠ], Dor. χύδαν Call. Fr. 1.11P., Adv., (χέω) A. as if poured out, in floods or heaps: hence, I. without order or system, promiscuously, indiscriminately, καταπάττειν χ. wholesale (opp. κοτυλίζειν, to sell by retail), Pherecr. 168; χ. βεβλῆσθαι Pl. Phdr. 264b; στεφάνων χ. πεπλεγμένων Alex. 52; πάντα χ. ἔστω AP 10.100 (Antiphan.); τὰ χ. μαθήματα . . ἐν τῇ παιδείᾳ γενόμενα Pl. R. 537c; φορτικῶς καὶ χ. ὅ τι ἂν ἐπέλθῃ λέγουσιν Isoc. 12.24, cf. Ep. 9.5; νομίμων χ. ὡς εἰπεῖν κειμένων Arist. Pol. 1324b5; ἐναλείφειν τοῖς καλλίστοις φαρμάκοις χ. Id. Po. 1450b2. II. in unfettered language, i.e. in prose, opp. ἐν ποιήμασι, Pl. Lg. 811d; τὰ χ., opp. τὰ μέτρα, Arist. Rh. 1409b7. III. abundantly, AP 9.316 (Leon.), Hp. Ep. 3; [ἁ] χύδαν . . λύπα overflowing grief, Call. l. c.; spreading, of poison, AP 9.233 (Eryc.).

‹ All lexicon entries