διάκενος

diakenos

empty, hollow

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 5
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60e5
58b5
61a5
61b1
61b4
Laws 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter ?

820e3

Dictionary (LSJ)

διάκενος, ον, A. empty, hollow, σφαῖρα Sor. 1.93; τὸ δ. gap, breach, Th. 4.135,5.71; τὸ δ. τοῦ ὀδόντος Antyll. ap. Orib. 10.36.3; interval, Aristox. Harm.p.26 M.; τὰ δ. hollows, Pl. Ti. 58b, 60e; διάκενον δεδορκότα with a vacant stare, of skeletons, Luc. Nec. 15. II. empty or vain, Pl. Lg. 820e; δ. ἑλκυσμός, of idle fancies, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.22. Adv. -νως, ἕλκειν τὴν διάνοιαν Iamb. Myst. 2.10; κοπιᾶν Macar. 1.99. III. thin, lank, Plu. Lyc. 17; δ. καὶ λαγαροί Id. Publ. 15; δ. τοὺς βουβῶνας Philostr. Gym. 37. IV. porous, Gal. 8.672; δ. ἄρτοι light bread, LXXNu. 21.5. V. Adv. διακένως, ζώνη δ. ὑφασμένη of a gauzy texture, J. AJ 3.7.2.

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