ὁμοίωσις

homoiosis

a being made like

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 2
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176b1
176b2
Epinomis 1
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990d3
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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454c9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὁμοίωσις, εως, ἡ, A. a being made like, θεῷ Pl. Tht. 176b. 2. likeness, resemblance, Thphr. Lap. 41 ; opp. ἀλλοίωσις, Pl. R. 454c ; καθʼ ὁμοίωσιν θεοῦ Ep.Jac. 3.9, cf. LXXGe. 1.26. 3. establishment of a resemblance, τῆς ὁ. ἕνεκεν αὐτῆς λαμβάνεσθαι τὰς μεταφοράς Phld. Rh. 1.177 S. b. Gramm., comparison, -ώσεως ἐπιρρήματα D.T. 642.6. 4. simile, Ps.-Plu. Vit.Hom. 84,al. 5. Pythag. name for nine, Theol.Ar. 57.

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