δεινότης

deinotes

terribleness

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 3
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176c3
176c6
177a4
Letters 1
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358c5
Phaedo 1
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82e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

δεινότης, ητος, ἡ, A. terribleness, Th. 3.59,4.10; harshness, severity, νόμων Id. 3.46. II. cleverness, shrewdness, D. 18.144, Arist. EN 1144a23; opp. ἀλήθεια, Antipho 5.5; esp. in an orator, Th. 3.37, D. 18.242,277; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις δ. Isoc. 1.4; δεινότητα λόγου ἐπιδείκνυσθαι Plu. Pomp. 77. III. Rhet., intensity, forcefulness, D.H. Comp. 18, Th. 53, al., Longin. 34.4, Hermog. Id. 2.9, al.: pl., Demetr. Eloc. 243.

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