εὐρυχωρία

eurychoria

open space, free room

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 1
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Book VII 1
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804c5
Letters 1
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319c6
Minos 1
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315d3
Theaetetus 1
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194d5
Timaeus 1
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60e6

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐρυχωρία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. open space, free room, ἐν τῇ λοιπῇ εὐ. τῆς θήκης Hdt. 4.71; πολλὴν εὐ. ἔχειν D. 19.272; εὐ. ποιεῖτε τῷ θεῷ Carm.Pop. 5; -ίας σε δεῖ Com.Adesp. 46 D.; ἡ ἄνω εὐ., of a dislocated joint, Hp. Art. 11 (in later Medic., of bodily orifices, Sor. 1.58 (pl.); ἡ ἀκουστικὴ εὐ., meatus audilorius, ib.10); ἐν εὐ. εἶναι to have plenty of room, Pl. Tht. 194d: prov., ἕκητι Συλοσῶντος εὐρυχωρίη Heraclid. Pol. 34, Zen. 3.90: pl., Pl. Lg. 804c (εὐρυχώρια, τά, codd.), Aen. Tact.1.9, 2.1. 2. an open field for battle, X. Cyr. 4.1.18, HG 7.4.24; ἐν εὐρυχωρίῃ ναυμαχέειν to fight with plenty of sea-room, Hdt. 8.60.βʹ, cf. Th. 2.83,al. 3. metaph., free space, room for doing a thing, τῆς ἀποδείξεως Pl. Min. 315d; εὐ. τινὸς διδόναι, παρέχειν, Plu. 2.48f, 828d.

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