γόης

goes

sorcerer, wizard

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 3
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Book II 2
Chapter ?

380d1
383a3
Book X 1
Chapter ?

598d3
Sophist 3
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235a1
235a8
241b7
Statesman 2
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291c3
303c4
Hippias Minor 1
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371a3
Laws 1
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Book I 1
Chapter ?

649a4
Meno 1
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80b6
Symposium 1
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Chapter ?

203d8

Dictionary (LSJ)

γόης, ητος, ὁ, A. sorcerer, wizard, Phoronis 2, Hdt. 2.33,4.105, Pl. R. 380d, Phld. Ir.p.29 W.; γ. ἐπῳδὸς Λυδίας ἀπὸ χθονός E. Ba. 234, cf. Hipp. 1038; prob. f.l. for βοῇσι Hdt. 7.191. 2. juggler, cheat, δεινὸς γ. καὶ φαρμακεὺς καὶ σοφιστής Pl. Smp. 203d; δεινὸν καὶ γ. καὶ σοφιστὴν . . ὀνομάζων D. 18.276; ἄπιστος γ. πονηρός Id. 19.109; μάγος καὶ γ. Aeschin. 3.137: Comp. γοητότερος Ach.Tat. 6.7 (s. v. l.). (Cf. Lith. žavēti ‘incantare’.)

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