ἔχθιστος

echthistos

most hateful

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Symposium 2
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186d5
186d6
Laws 1
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Book VIII 1
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843a5
Menexenus 1
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243b4
Republic 1
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Book IV 1
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426a7
Statesman 1
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307d8

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔχθιστος, η, ον, Sup. of ἐχθρός, A. most hateful, Ἀχιλῆϊ Il. 2.220; ἔ. δέ μοί ἐσσι θεῶν 5.890, etc.; τὸν θεοῖς ἔ. θεόν A. Pr. 37; ἔ. ὁρᾶν S. Aj. 818; ἔ. γεγώς E. Med. 467. 2. most hostile, τῶν ἡμῖν ἐχθίστων Th. 2.71; ὡς δὲ ἐχθροὶ καὶ ἔ., πάντες ἴστε Id. 7.68: c. gen., οἱ ἐκείνου ἔ. his bitterest enemies, X. An. 3.2.5: Luc. has also ἐχθίστατος Trag. 246.

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