δεσμώτης

desmotes

prisoner, captive

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 4
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Book VII 4
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516e9
519d5
514b4
515a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

δεσμώτης, ου, ὁ, A. prisoner, captive, Hdt. 3.143, Th. 5.35, etc.:—fem. δεσμ-ῶτις, Hld. 8.8: metaph. of the soul, Ph. 1.289. II. as Adj., in chains, fettered, A. Pr. 119 (the play is called Προμηθεὺς δ.): fem. δεσμῶτις ποίμνη S. Aj. 234 (lyr.); Μελανίππη δ., name of a play by E. III. gaoler, Cratin. 189.

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