ἐριστικός

eristikos

eager for strife

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Sophist 4
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225c9
225d1
231e2
226a2
Meno 3
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75c9
80e2
81d6
Republic 2
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Book V 1
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454b5
Book VI 1
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499a7
Euthydemus 1
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272b10
Lysis 1
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211b8
Philebus 1
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17a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐριστικός, ή, όν, A. eager for strife or battle, Sch.E. IA 588. 2. involving a contest (or perh. debate), παιδιαί Arist. Rh. 1371a1. II. esp.fond of wrangling or arguing, captious, Pl. Ly. 211b, etc.; ὁ ἐ. ἐστί πως οὕτως ἔχων πρὸς τὸν διαλεκτικὸν ὡς ὁ ψευδογράφος πρὸς τὸν γεωμετρικόν Arist. SE 171b35 ; οἱ Ἀκαδημιακοὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐριστικώτεροι Luc. Pisc. 43 : Sup. -ώτατος D.L. 2.134 ; Ἐριστικοί, οἱ, nickname of the Megarian school, ib.106 ; ἡ -κή τέχνη sophistry, Pl. Sph. 231e, al.; τὸ -κόν, defined as τὸ ἔντεχνον καὶ περὶ δικαίων..καὶ ἀδίκων ἀμφισβητοῦν ib.225c ; τὰ ἐ. Arist. Rh. 1402a3 ; ἐ. συλλογισμός, λόγος, sophism, fallacy, Id. Top. 100b23, Metaph. 1012a19 (pl.); τέχνη ἐριστικῶν, a work of Protagoras, D.L. 9.55. Adv. -κῶς Pl. R. 454b, Arist. Ph. 186a6.

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