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ἠλίθιος

elithios

idle, vain

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἠλίθιος, Dor. ἀλ-, α, ον, also ος, ον Hdt. 1.60: (ἤλιθα II):—A. idle, vain, χόλος Pi. P. 3.11; βέλος A. Ag. 366(anap.); ὁδός Theoc. 16.9. II. foolish, silly, εὐηθίη Hdt. 1.60; ἠλίθιον θάρρος θαρρεῖν Pl. Phd. 95c; νόμος PThead. 25.7 (iv A.D.); freq. of persons, E. Cyc. 537, Ar. Ach. 443, etc.: Comp. -ώτερος X. Smp. 3.6: Sup. -ώτατος Ar. Ec. 765; ἠλίθιόν [ἐστι] c. inf., Arist. Pol. 1286a12, prob. in Antiph. 58; also ἠλιθίων ἐστί is the mark of a fool, Phld. Po. 5.32. Adv. -ίως, διακεῖσθαι Lys. 1.10; οἰόμενοι Pl. Tht. 180d, cf. Theoc. 10.40: Comp. -ώτερον Jul. Gal. 89a: neut. ἠλίθιον as Adv., Ar. Nu. 872. 2. without sense, of the dead, Tab.Defix. Aud.43.7.
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