κάτοιδα

katoida

know well, understand

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book III 1
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701e5
Book VII 1
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799c8
Republic 1
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Book X 1
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615d6
Sophist 1
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229c5

Dictionary (LSJ)

κάτοιδα, -οισθα, inf. κατειδέναι, part. κατειδώς (Locr. καταειδώς Schwyzer 366 A 6 (Tolophon, iii B.C.)), pf. (in pres. sense), plpf. κατῄδη (in impf. sense):—A. know well, understand, c. acc. rei, ἄστρων ὁμήγυριν A. Ag. 4; οὐδὲν κάτοισθα τῶν σαυτοῦ πέρι S. Ph. 553; θεσφάτων βάξιν κατῄδη Id. Tr. 87; φύλλον νώδυνον Id. Ph. 44; κατειδὼς τὴν γυναικείαν φύσιν, ὡς . . ἥδεται Eub. 43; μηδὲν κατειδώς, ἀλλὰ προσποιούμενος Men. 628; ἵνʼ εὖ κατειδῇς S. Ichn. 164. 2. c.acc.pers., know by sight, recognize, τὸν βοτῆρα Id. OT 1048, cf. Tr. 418, E. Or. 1183, 1521. 3. abs., esp. in part., οὐ κατειδώς unwittingly, Id. Med. 992 (lyr.), Supp. 1033. 4. c. part., know well that . . , κάτισθι μὴ πολλοὺς ἔτι τρόχους . . τελῶν S. Ant. 1064. 5. folld. by an interrog., οὐ κάτοιδʼ ὅπως λέγεις I understand not how . . , Id. Aj. 270; οὐ κ. ὅτῳ τρόπῳ . . E. Hipp. 1245. 6. c. inf., know how to, ἦ κάτοισθα δηλῶσαι λόγῳ; S. OT 1041.

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