ἔντονος

entonos

sinewy

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Laws 1
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Book XII 1
Chapter ?

945c4
Republic 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter ?

528c3
Theaetetus 1
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173a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔντονος, ον, (ἐντείνω) of persons, A. sinewy, v. l. for εὔ-, Hp. Aër. 4; τὰ μέλη ἐντόνοις ὅμοια Zeno Stoic. 1.58. 2. violent, of wind, etc., νότος Olymp. in Mete. 195.39; ἀκτῖνες -ώτεραι ib.259.23: metaph., intense, eager, vehement, γνώμη Hdt. 4.11; σπλάγχνον E. Hipp. 118; Μοῦσα . . ἔ. Ἀχαρνική Ar. Ach. 666; ἔ. καὶ δριμεῖς Pl. Tht. 173a; -ώτατος πρός τι S. Fr. 842; δρᾶν ἔ. χέρες E. Fr. 291 (s. v. l.). Adv. -νως eagerly, χωρεῖν Th. 5.70; ἀπαιτεῖν X. An. 7.5.7; ζητεῖσθαι Pl. R. 528c: Comp. -ώτερον PPetr. 3p.111 (prob.). II. Subst. ἔντονος, ὁ, dub.l. for τόνος, Pl. Lg. 945c.—Freq. confounded with εὔτονος.

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