ἐξαίσιος

exaisios

beyond what is ordained

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Critias 1
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112a4
Letters 1
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351d5
Timaeus 1
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22e6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐξαίσιος, ον, also α, ον X. HG 4.3.8:—A. beyond what is ordained or fated, opp. ἐναίσιος: hence, 1. outstepping right, lawless, ῥέξας ἐξαίσιον having done some lawless act, Od. 4.690; ἦ τινά που δείσας ἐ. . . fearing some lawless man, 17.577; Θέτιδος . . ἐ. ἀρήν Il. 15.598; ἀφροσύναι B. 14.58. 2. of omens, portentous, opp. ἐναίσιος, D.C. 38.13: Sup., Id. 45.17. 3. of things, extraordinary, ἐ. τὸ θερμόν Hp. Epid. 7.94; violent, of a wind, Hdt. 3.26, X. HG 5.4.17; χειμών, σεισμοί, Pl. Ti. 22e, 25c; ὄμβροι X. Oec. 5.18; ἐ. δεῖμα A. Supp. 514; γέλωτες καὶ δάκρυα Pl. Lg. 732c: ἐ. φυγή headlong flight, X. HG 4.3.8; ἐ. βρονταί Plb. 18.20.7, cf. J. BJ 4.4.5; ὑπουργία Vit.Philonid.p.5C.; κάλλος Ph. 2.166; χελῶναι ἐ. τοῖς μεγέθεσιν D.S. 3.21; ἐ. τὸ μέγεθος καὶ τὸ ὕψος Id. 13.82. Adv. -ίως Them. Or. 26.312d.

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