μίασμα

miasma

stain, defilement

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 2
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Book IX 2
Chapter ?

866b4
871b3
Euthyphro 1
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4c1
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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470a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

μίασμα [ῐ], ατος, τό, (μιαίνω) A. stain, defilement, esp. by murder or other crime, taint of guilt, A. Eu. 169 (lyr.), 281, etc.; οὐκ ἔστι γῆρας τοῦδε τοῦ μ. Id. Th. 682; μ. φεύγων αἵματος E. Hipp. 35; μ. τῶν φυτευσάντων λαβεῖν S. OT 1012; οὐ προσῆκον μίασμα εἰς οἴκους εἰσάγεσθαι Antipho 4.1.3; μ. τινὸς ἐπεξέρχεσθαι Id. 4.3.6; τὸ μ. εἰς αὑτὸν δέχεσθαι Pl. Lg. 871b: in pl., A. Ag. 1420, Ch. 1017; αἱμάτων μιάσμασι χρανθεῖσα γαῖα Id. Supp. 265, etc. II. that which defiles, pollution, of persons, χώρας μ. καὶ θεῶν ἐγχωρίων Id. Ag. 1645; πατροκτόνον μ. καὶ θεῶν στύγος, of Clytaemnestra, Id. Ch. 1028: μ. χώρας ἐλαύνειν S. OT 97; ὡς μ. τοῦδʼ ἡμὶν ὄντος ib.241: in Prose more generally, πνεῦμα μεμιασμένον νοσηροῖσι μιάσμασι Hp. Flat. 5.

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