δύσκριτος

dyskritos

hard to discern

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter ?

433c6
433d6
Hippias Minor 1
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Chapter ?

370e2

Dictionary (LSJ)

δύσκριτος, ον, A. hard to discern or interpret, ἄστρων δύσεις A. Pr. 458; κληδόνες ib.486; ὀνείρατα Id. Ag. 981 (lyr.), cf. S. Tr. 949 (lyr.); δ. νοῦσοι hard to determine, doubtful, Hp. Aph. 3.8; but δύσκριτα ἐγένετο there was an obscure crisis, Id. Epid. 3.12; δ. ἐστι πότερον . . ἢ . . difficult of solution, Id. Aph. 1.12, Pl. R. 433c. Adv. -τως doubtfully, darkly, A. Pr. 662; δ. ἔχειν to be in doubt, Ar. Ra. 1433.

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