λώβη

lobe

outrage, dishonour

Appears 7 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 4
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Book VI 1
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751c1
Book VII 1
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797c3
Book X 2
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908c6
890b1
Gorgias 1
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473c3
Meno 1
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91c4
Republic 1
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Book X 1
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595b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

λώβη, ἡ, A. outrage, dishonour, αἶσχος λώβη τε 18.225; λώβην λωβᾶσθαι (v. λωβάομαι) ; τείσετε λ. ye shall pay for the outrage, Il. 11.142; ἀπὸ πᾶσαν ἐμοὶ δόμεναι . . λ. 9.387; but λ. τείσασθαι exact retribution for an outrage, i.e. avenge it, 19.208, Od. 20.169, S. Aj. 181 (lyr.); ἐπὶ λώβᾳ for ruin or destruction, Id. Ant. 792 (lyr.), cf. E. Hec. 647 (lyr.); ὡς ἐπὶ λώβᾳ Id. HF 882 (lyr.); λ. καὶ διαφθορά Pl. Men. 91c, etc.; esp. mutilation, maiming, Hdt. 3.154: pl., S. Aj. 1392; λώβας λωβηθείς Pl. Grg. 473c. 2. of persons, a disgrace, λώβην τʼ ἔμεναι καὶ ὑπόψιον Il. 3.42, cf. E. El. 165 (lyr.), Herod. 7.95; ποιητῶν λῶβαι, of the Grammarians, AP 11.322 (Antiphan.); οὐ γὰρ Ἀρκάδεσσι λώβα no insult to the Arcadians, Alc. 38. II. a form of leprosy, Gal. 14.757.

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