νυστάζω

nystazo

to be half asleep, doze

Appears 8 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Ion 3
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532c2
533a2
533b4
Apology 1
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31a4
Laws 1
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Book V 1
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747b4
Phaedrus 1
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259a3
Republic 1
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Book III 1
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405c5
Symposium 1
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223d7

Dictionary (LSJ)

νυστάζω, fut. -άξω LXXIs. 5.27 : aor. ἐνύσταξα Thphr. Char. 7.8, LXX 2 Ki. 4.6, al. ; ἐνύστασα Dionys.Com. 2.43, AP 12.135 (Asclep.) :— A. mostly pres., to be half asleep, doze, νυστάζοντα οὐδένα ἂν ἴδοις X. Cyr. 8.3.43 ; ὥσπερ οἱ νυστάζοντες ἐγειρόμενοι Pl. Ap. 31a ; ὀφθαλμοὶ πλέοντες ὥσπερ τῶν νυσταζόντων Hp. Epid. 7.17 ; οὐχὶ νυστάζειν ἔτι ὥρα ’στίν Ar. Av. 639, cf. Xenarch. 2.1, Com.Adesp. 185 ; νυστάζοντος δικαστοῦ Pl. R. 405c : metaph., ν. τε καὶ ἀπορεῖ Id. Ion 533a ; τὸν νυστάζοντα καὶ ἀμαθῆ φύσει Id. Lg. 747b ; ἔν τινι in a thing, Plu. 2.675b. 2. hang the head, ἐδάκρυσεν καὶ ἐνύστασε APl.c. (Cf. Lith. snústi (stem snúd-) ‘grow drowsy’.)

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