γοητεία

goeteia

witchcraft, jugglery

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 3
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Book III 1
Chapter ?

413d7
Book IX 1
Chapter ?

584a10
Book X 1
Chapter ?

602d2
Symposium 1
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Chapter ?

203a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

γοητεία, ἡ, A. witchcraft, jugglery, γ. καὶ μαγεία Gorg. Hel. 10, cf. Pl. Smp. 203a: metaph., οὐδὲν ὑγιές, ἀλλὰ γ. τις Id. R. 584a, Andronic. Rhod.p.573 M., etc.; ἀπάτη καὶ γ. Plb. 4.20.5, cf. Luc. Nigr. 15; γ. τῆς ὑποκρίσεως D.S. 1.76; ἡδονῆς διʼ ὀμμάτων Plu. 2.961d: in a milder sense, ‘finesse’, Cic. Att. 9.13.4; ἡ τῆς φύσεως γ. the magic of Nature, Plot. 4.4.44.

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