μνηστήρ

mnester

wooer, suitor

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Ion 2
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Chapter ?

538e7
535b4
Alcibiades I 1
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112b9
Lovers 1
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135a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

μνηστήρ, Dor. μναστ-, ῆρος, ὁ, Ep. dat. pl. μνηστήρεσσι, A. wooer, suitor, freq. in Od. of the suitors of Penelope, 1.91, al., cf. Pi. P. 9.106, Th. 1.9, S. Tr. 9, 15: c. gen., παιδὸς τῆς ἐμῆς μ. Hdt. 6.130; γάμων μ. A. Pr. 740: metaph., μ. ἀγώνων, πολέμου, στεφάνων, Pi. P. 12.24,N. 1.16,Fr. 19; καλοῖς ἔργοις ὧν μνηστῆρα τὸν κίνδυνον εἶναι J. AJ 17.6.2. II. Μναστήρ, ὁ, a month at Messene, IG 5(1).1447 (iii/ii B. C.).

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