ἐλευθέριος
eleutherios
speaking
Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐλευθέριος, ον, also α, ον Smp. 8.16:—A. speaking or acting like a freeman, free-spirited, ἐ. καὶ δημωφελής 282, etc.; ἀνδρεῖοι καὶ ἐ. Lg. 635d; opp. δουλοπρεπής, Mem. 2.8.4 (Comp.); of certain animals, as the lion, ἐ. καὶ ἀνδρεῖα καὶ εὐγενῆ HA 488b16. b. esp.freely giving, bountiful, ἐ. εἰς χρήματα Smp. 4.15 (Comp.), cf. EN 1120a8, etc. 2. of pursuits, etc., fit for a freeman, liberal, πτηνῶν θήρας . . ἔρως οὐ σφόδρα ἐ. Lg. 823e, cf.Grg. 485b; ἐπιστήμη Ax. 369b (Sup.); τέχναι 2.122d; βίος Men 408(dub.); διαγωγή Pol. 1339b5; παιδεία ib.1338a32; πρᾶξις, ἔργα, ib.1263b12, Oec. 1344a28; ἡδοναὶ -ώταται, κινήσεις -ώτεραι, EN 1118b4, Pol. 1340b10; τὸ ἐ.,= ἐλευθεριότης, Mem. 3.10.5 : prov., ὕδωρ πίοιμι ἐ., i.e. may I become free, because slaves set free at Argos were then first allowed to drink of the spring Κυνάδρα, 25. 3. of appearance, frank, noble, εὐπρεπής τε ἰδεῖν καὶ ἐ. Mem. 2.1.22, cf. Lac. 11.3 (Comp.); ἵππος Eq. 10.17. II. Adv. -ίως, ζῆν Pol. 1326b31; τεθραμμένους 4.49, 7.43 (prob.): Comp. -ιώτερον, ζῆν Mem. 1.6.3: Sup. -ιώτατα ib.4.8.1. III. Ζεὺς Ἐ. Zeus the Deliverer, O. 12.1, 140.4, 3.142, etc. IV. Ἐ., ὁ (sc. μήν),= Ἐλευθεριών, SIG 1044.26.
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