μηνυτής

menytes

bringing to light

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 5
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Book III 1
Chapter ?

680d4
Book VII 1
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809b3
Book IX 2
Chapter ?

870d3
872c3
Book XI 1
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918a1
Statesman 1
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272d3

Dictionary (LSJ)

μηνυτής, οῦ, Dor. μᾱνῡτάς, ᾶ, ὁ, A. bringing to light, μ. χρόνος E. Hipp. 1051. II. Subst., one who brings information, τοῖς μέλλουσιν ἀποθανεῖσθαι μ. γενέσθαι Lys. 12.32, cf. Jul. Or. 5.167b: mostly in legal sense, informer, Th. 1.132, etc.; as epith. of Heracles, Vit.Soph; ἀδικήματος Antipho 2.2.5; μ. κατά τινος Id. 5.24, And. 1.19, Lys. 13.2; κατὰ σαυτοῦ μ. ἐπὶ τοῖς συμβᾶσι γεγονώς D. 18.284; τῶν ἀποκτεινάντων Antipho 2.4.3; of a woman, Cratin. 428.

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