ὕπαρ
hypar
real appearance seen in a state of waking, waking vision
Appears 20 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὕπαρ, τό, indecl. (gen. ὕπαρος, acc. to EM 491.30):—A. real appearance seen in a state of waking, waking vision, opp. ὄναρ (a dream), οὐκ ὄναρ, ἀλλʼ ὕ. no illusive dream, but a (vision of) reality, Od. 19.547, 20.90; ἐξ ὀνείρου δʼ αὐτίκα ἦν ὕ. O. 13.67; ἵνα ὕ. ἀντʼ ὀνείρατος γίγνηται Plt. 278e. II. acc. abs. is used as Adv., in a waking state, awake, ὕ. ἀλλήλοις διαλεγόμεθα Tht. 158c, cf. IG 42(1).122.133, al. (Epid., iv B. C.); opp. ὄναρ, ἀμφισβήτημα . . περὶ τοῦ ὄναρ τε καὶ ὕ. a question . . about sleeping and waking, Tht. l. c.; οἷον ὄναρ εἰδὼς . . πάλιν ὥσπερ ὕ. ἀγνοεῖν knowing things in a dream . . not to know them when one awakes, Plt. 277d; ὄναρ ἢ ὕ. ζῆν to pass life asleep or awake, R. 476c, cf. Ti. 71e; καὶ ὄναρ καὶ ὕ. both sleeping and waking, i.e. both by day and night, always, Lex 4, cf. 174; οὔτε ὄναρ οὔθʼ ὕ. neither sleeping nor waking, i.e. not at all, Phlb. 36e; οὔθʼ ὕ. οὔτʼ ὄναρ ib.65e, cf. R. 382e; καθʼ ὕπνον . . , ἢ καὶ ὕ. ἐγρηγορώς wide awake, Lg. 800a; opp.ἐν τοῖς ὕπνοις, Pr. 957a18; ὕ. καὶ μεθʼ ἡμέραν, opp. κατὰ τὸν ὕπνον, 10.5.5. 2. ὕπαρ in reality, actually, ἔκρινα πρῶτος ἐξ ὀνειράτων ἃ χρὴ ὕ. γενέσθαι Pr. 486; ὕ. ἡ πόλις οἰκήσεται ἀλλʼ οὐκ ὄναρ R. 520c, cf. 574e, 576b, al.—The phrase καθʼ ὕπαρ is censured by 395, and is f.l. for καθʼ ὕπνους in 3.12.5.
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