ἐλευθερόω

eleutheroo

set free

Appears 17 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 6
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Book VIII 3
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566e2
567e5
569a5
Book IX 3
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575a6
579a2
591b3
Letters 5
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355e7
329b4
333b4
334a2
356a5
Menexenus 3
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239d7
242c1
246a1
Phaedo 1
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114b8
Phaedrus 1
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256b3
Timaeus 1
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25c6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐλευθερόω, A. set free, τὰς Ἀθήνας Hdt. 5.62; Ἰωνίην Id. 4.137; πατρίδα A. Pers. 403; πόλιν Id. Ch. 1046, D. 21.144; δούλους Th. 8.15, etc.; ἐ. τὸν ἔσπλουν set the entrance free, clear it, Id. 3.51; release a debtor, Hdt. 6.59; τό γʼ εἰς ἑαυτὸν πᾶν ἐλευθεροῖ στόμα he keeps his tongue altogether free, i.e. does not commit himself by speech, S. OT 706; free from blame, acquit, τινά X. HG 1.7.26:—Pass., to be set free, Hdt. 1.95,127, al.; τυράννων Id. 5.62; indulge in licence, Pl. R. 575a. 2. c.gen., set free, release from, φόνου E. Hipp. 1449; χρεῶν Pl. R. 566e; ἀρότρου βοῦν Hld. 5.23; also ἐλευθεροῦντες ἐκ δρασμῶν πόδα, i.e. ceasing to flee, E. HF 1010:—Pass., τῶνδε τῶν τόπων ἐ. Pl. Phd. 114b; ἀπὸ τῶν πλουσίων Id. R. 569a.

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