ἐπορέγω

eporego

hold out to, give yet more

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 2
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Book IV 1
Chapter ?

437c5
Book VI 1
Chapter ?

486a6
Theaetetus 1
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186a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπορέγω, A. hold out to, give yet more, εἴ περ ἂν..Ζεὺς ἐπὶ Τυδεΐδῃ Διομήδεϊ κῦδος ὀρέξῃ Il. 5.225:—Med., τιμῆς οὔτʼ ἀφελὼν οὔτʼ ἐπορεξάμενος Sol. 5.2. 2. metaph., [τὸ θεῖόν] τισιν ἐ. τὰς μεταδόσεις τῆς ὑπερπλήρους ἀγαθότητος Procl. Inst. 131. II. Med., stretch oneself towards, once in Hom., ἐπορεξάμενος reaching forward to strike, Il. 5.335 ; χειρί τινος ἐ. reach at a thing, A.R. 1.1313 ; οὗ παλάμῃ ἐπορέχθην Matro Conv. 70 ; also χεῖράς τινι ἐ. A.R. 2.1212 ; ἐ. πρός τι Hp. Epid. 7.11 : abs., ib.7.5. 2. ἐ. τινός yearn for it, ἀλλοίων ἐ. Emp. 110.6, cf. Pl. R. 437c, Tht. 186a. 3. rise in oneʼs demands, Hdt. 9.34.

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