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ἑπτά

hepta

seven

Appears 24 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑπτά, οἱ, αἱ, τά, indecl. A. seven, Il. 6.421, etc.; as a mystical number, Arist. Metaph. 1093a13, etc.; αἱ ἑ. νῆσοι the seven largest islands, Alex. 268, cf. Arist. Mir. 837a31 ; τὰ ἑ. θεάματα the Seven Wonders, Str. 17.1.33, cf.D.S. 2.11, etc.; οἱ ἑ. σοφισταί the Seven Sages, Isoc. 15.109, Aristid. 2.311 J.; οἱ ἑ. σοφοί Stob. 3.1.172 ; οἱ ἑ. alone, D.L. 1.40, Lib. Ep. 286.3. 2. οἱ ἑ., board of magistrates at Olbia, SIG 495.2 (iii B.C.) ; οἱ ἑ. ἄνδρες, = Lat. septemviri epulones, D.C. 48.32. (I.-E. septṃ, cf. Skt. saptá, Lat. septem (fancifully connected with σέβομαι, Ph. 1.30, Theol.Ar. 43) : Hsch. has τεπτά, i.e. hεπτά.)
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