ἧσσα

hessa

defeat, discomfiture

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Laws 5
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Book I 3
Chapter ?

648e4
638a6
638b5
Book IX 1
Chapter ?

869e7
Book X 1
Chapter ?

902b1
Laches 1
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196a1
Menexenus 1
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247a6
Republic 1
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Book III 1
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386b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἧσσα, Att. ἧττα, ης, ἡ, A. defeat, discomfiture, Th. 5.12,7.72, Pl. Lg. 638b; πολέμου in war, Id. La. 196a; ἧττα . . πολέμου καὶ δικῶν καὶ ἀγορῶν Aeschin. 3.111, cf. Plu. 2.840c; μὴ διʼ ἧτταν, ἀλλὰ διὰ προαίρεσιν Arist. EN 1150a24; ἧτταν προσίεσθαι to let oneself be conquered, X. Cyr. 3.3.45: c. gen. rei, yielding or giving way to a thing, ἡδονῶν, ἐπιθυμιῶν, Pl. Lg. 869e (pl.); ἡ ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις ἧ. καλή D. Ep. 3.45; ἡ ὑπὸ τῶν λιπαρούντων ἧ. Plu. Brut. 6.

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