εὐπρέπεια

euprepeia

goodly appearance, comeliness

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Euthydemus 2
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305e4
305e5
Cratylus 1
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402e5
Letters 1
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333d6
Phaedo 1
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92d1
Phaedrus 1
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274b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐπρέπεια, ἡ, A. goodly appearance, comeliness, εὐπρεπείᾳ προέχειν Th. 6.31; opp. ἀπρέπεια, Pl. Phdr. 274b, al.; majesty, εὐ. τῆς δόξης LXX Je. 23.9, cf. Ep.Jac. 1.11; dignity, SIG 880.19 (Pizus, iii A.D.); ἐστεφάνωσε ἁ πόλις . . -είας καὶ εὐνοίας ἕνεκα τᾶς ἐς τὰν πόλιν IG 4.1418 (Epid., iv B.C.). II. speciousness, plausibility, εὐπρεπείᾳ λόγου Th. 3.11,82; ἔχει . . εὐπρέπειαν μᾶλλον ἢ ἀλήθειαν Pl. Euthd. 305e; pretext, c. inf., Plu. Pyrrh. 23.

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