δεῖγμα

deigma

sample, pattern

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Laws 3
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Book IV 1
Chapter ?

718b7
Book VII 1
Chapter ?

788c2
Book XII 1
Chapter ?

951d1
Phaedo 1
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Chapter ?

110b8

Dictionary (LSJ)

δεῖγμα, ατος, τό, (δείκνυμι) A. sample, pattern, καρπῶν Isoc. 15.54, cf. POxy. 113.5 (ii A.D.); τοῦ βίου Ar. Ach. 988; λαβὼν δʼ Ἄδραστον δεῖγμα τῶν ἐμῶν λόγων taking him as evidence of . ., E. Supp. 354; μὴ . . αὐτοὶ καθʼ ὑμῶν αὐτῶν δ. τοιοῦτον ἐξενέγκητε D. 21.183; τοῦτο τὸ δ. ἐξενηνοχὼς περὶ αὐτοῦ Id. 19.12, cf. Pl. Lg. 788c; δείγματος εἵνεκα by way of sample, D. 23.65; δείγματος χάριν S.E. M. 11.40; δ. προφέρειν, ἐκτίθεσθαι, παρασχεῖν, Pl. Lg. 718b, Plb. 4.24.9, D.H. Rh. 6.5; δ. μικροψυχίας Men. Georg.Fr. 3; δ. ψυχῆς sign of life, Luc. Prom.Es 2 (s.v.l.); δ. φιλοσοφίας Ἀττικῆς Id. Scyth. 7; [ἀνδριάντα] δ. ἀρετᾶς θεμένα Epigr.Gr. 860.6, cf. IG 14.967, etc. b. plan, sketch, PGiss. 15.3. c. sense-evidence, τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὀργάνου δείγματα Epicur. Nat. 11.7. 2. mart, bazaar, in the Piraeus, X. HG 5.1.21, Lys. Fr. 75.6; περιεπάτουν ἐν τῷ δ. τῷ ἡμετέρῳ D. 35.29; elsewh., IPE 1.16B49 (Olbia), Aen. Tact.30.2, Plb. 5.88.8, D.S. 19.45. b. metaph., δ. δικῶν Ar. Eq. 979.

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