ὕθλος

hythlos

idle talk, nonsense

Appears 3 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Lysis 1
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Chapter ?

221d5
Republic 1
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Book I 1
Chapter ?

336d4
Theaetetus 1
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176b7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὕθλος, ὁ, A. idle talk, nonsense, Pl. Ly. 221d, D. 35.25; γραῶν ὕ. old wives’ gossip, Pl. Tht. 176b, Porph. Abst. 4.16, cf. Jul. Or. 5.161b (pl.): pl., ὕθλους λέγειν, Pl. R. 336d.

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