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ἔμπειρος

empeiros

experienced

Appears 53 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔμπειρος, ον, (πεῖρα) A. experienced or practised in a thing, acquainted with it, c. gen., τῆς θυσίης Hdt. 2.49; τῶν χώρων Id. 8.132; Βοιωτῶν Id. 9.46; τῆς ἐκείνου διανοίης Id. 8.97; κακῶν A. Pers. 598; γάμων S. OC 752; θαλάσσης Th. 1.80 (Sup.); τοῦ ἀγωνίζεσθαι Antipho 5.7; ὁ περὶ τῶν νόμων ἔ. Pl. Lg. 632d; οἱ μάλιστα περὶ ταῦτα τῶν ἱερέων ἔ. Id. Ti. 22a: abs., οἱ ἔ. the experienced, S. OT 44, OC 1135; experts, Pl. Lg. 765b; ναυσὶν ἐμπείροις for ships skilfully handled, Th. 2.89; τὸ ἐμπειρότερον αὐτῶν their greater experience, ib.87. II. Adv. -ρως, τινὸς ἔχειν to know a person or thing by experience, by its issue, X. An. 2.6.1, Antiph. 3, etc.; παιδεῦσαι D. 59.18; διώκειν Aen.Tact. 2.6; πόλεμον διενεγκεῖν Jul. Or. 2.95a: Comp. -οτέρως Aeschin. 1.82.
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