νωθής

nothes

sluggish, slothful

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Stephanus page — each links into the reader.

Timaeus 2
Open Timaeus ›
Chapter ?

86a5
86a6
Apology 1
Open Apology ›
Chapter ?

30e4
Statesman 1
Open Statesman ›
Chapter ?

310e2

Dictionary (LSJ)

νωθής, ές, A. sluggish, slothful, ὄνος Il. 11.559 ; ν. κῶλον E. HF 819 ; ἵππος -έστερος Pl. Ap. 30e ; ν. κίνησις Arist. HA 503b8 ; τὰ γόνατα νωθής Luc. Luct. 16 ; of fire, dull, opp. ὀξύς, Thphr. HP 5.9.3 (Comp.) ; of earth, opp. water, etc., Pl. Ti. 86a (Sup.). 2. of the understanding, dull, stupid, κατεφαίνετο εἶναι -έστερος (sc. ὁ παῖς) Hdt. 3.53 ; νωθὴς τὸν νόον Hp. Ep. 17, cf. A. Pr. 62, Pl. Plt. 310e (Comp.). II. neut. νωθές as Adv., Poll. 4.81 : Sup. -έστατα D.C. 59.4.

‹ All lexicon entries