λῆρος

leros

trash, trumpery

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Theaetetus 2
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151c7
176d4
Charmides 1
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176a3
Hippias Major 1
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304b5
Laws 1
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Book III 1
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698a1
Phaedo 1
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72c1
Protagoras 1
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347d6

Dictionary (LSJ)

λῆρος (A), ὁ, A. trash, trumpery, of what is showy but useless, λήροις ἀναδῶν τοὺς νικῶντας Ar. Pl. 589; τραγικὸς λ. Id. Ra. 1005; λῆρόν τε τἄλλʼ ἡγεῖτο τοῦ γνῶναι πέρι φύσεις ποιητῶν no good as connoisseurs of poets, ib.809; λ. πάντα πρὸς τὸ χρυσίον Antiph. 232.1, cf. X. An. 7.7.41; λ. εἶναι δοκεῖ τὸ νόμισμα, φύσει δʼ οὐθέν mere trash, Arist. Pol. 1257b10; a mere trifle, Pl. Phd. 72c, Men. Epit. 60; λ. ἐστι τἄλλα πρὸς Κινησίαν thereʼs naught to compare with Cinesias, Ar. Lys. 860; οἱ ποιηταὶ λ. εἰσιν useless, futile, Xenarch. 7.1; ποιητῶν λ. Cratin. 306; ἐμὲ μὲν λ. ἡγεῖσθαι Pl. Chrm. 176a, cf. Tht. 176d, Luc. DMeretr. 10.3; λεπτοτάτων λ. ἱερεῦ Ar. Nu. 359; λῆροι καὶ παιδιαί, of flute-playing at banquets, Pl. Prt. 347d; λῆροι καὶ φλυαρίαι futile nonsense, Id. Hp.Ma. 304b; ὁδοὺς καὶ κρήνας καὶ λήρους D. 3.29; παροψίδες καὶ λῆρος side-dishes and suchlike trumpery, Alex. 261.5; παρεὶς λ. πολὺν ἀστακὸν ὠνοῦ Archestr. Fr. 24, cf. 35.7; as an exclamation, λῆρος nonsense! humbug! Ar. Pl. 23, cf. Eub. 41.8. 2. delirium, Hp. Epid. 1.26.γʹ (as v.l. for παράληρος). II. as Adj., silly, ποιητής Luc. Gall. 6, cf. Rh.Pr. 17. Adv. -ρως Tz. H. 13.337. (Perh. derived fr. sq.)

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