ὑπόπτερος

hypopteros

winged

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedrus 2
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246a7
256b4
Alcibiades I 1
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135e2
Critias 1
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116d8
Republic 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter ?

573a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπόπτερος, ον, A. winged, ὄφιες Hdt. 3.107; πέλειαι S. Ph. 288; νῶτα, δέμας, E. Hec. 1264, Hel. 618; τίς ἦν ὁ γράψας πρῶτος . . Ἔρωθʼ ὑπόπτερον; Eub. 41.2, cf. Pl. Alc. 1.135e; also of a ship, whose sails are wings, Pi. O. 9.24, cf. Mimn. 12.7, Pherecyd.Syr. 2; also σύμφυτος δύναμις ὑποπτέρον ζεύγους τε καὶ ἡνιόχου Pl. Phdr. 246a; ὄχημα Lib. Ep. 1457.1. 2. metaph., ὑ. ἀνορέαι soaring spirits, Pi. P. 8.91; ἴτω ὑπόπτερον (sc. τὸ νεῖκος) let it pass swift as flight, E. Hel. 1236; ὑ. φροντίσιν light-minded, A. Ch. 603 (lyr.); δόμον . . κλῇσον ὑπόπτερος fly and shut it, Ion Trag.14 (lyr.): prov., ὑ. δʼ ὁ πλοῦτος wealth has wings, E. Fr. 420.4.

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