πάππος

pappos

grandfather

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 3
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Book I 2
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330b3
334b1
Book V 1
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461d7
Laws 2
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Book IX 2
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856d1
856d8
Theaetetus 2
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174e6
175a2
Critias 1
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113b2
Hippias Major 1
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292e10
Parmenides 1
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126c7
Timaeus 1
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20e3

Dictionary (LSJ)

πάππος, ὁ, A. grandfather, Hdt. 3.55, Ar. Eq. 447, Nu. 65, And. 3.6; π. καὶ πάππου πατήρ Pl. Lg. 856d; π. ὁ πρὸς μητρὸς ἢ πατρός on the motherʼs or fatherʼs side, ibid., cf. CIG 1628, 3332, Poll. 3.16: in pl., grandparents, CIG 2837b (p.1117); also, generally, ascendants, ancestors, Pl. Tht. 174e; ἐπὶ πάππους δύο ἢ τρεῖς ἢ πλείους [ὁρίζεσθαι πολίτην] Arist. Pol. 1275b24; εἰς τρίτον π. ἀναφέρειν τὸ γένος D.H. 4.47; φυσάτω πάππους παρʼ ἡμῖν Ar. Av. 765, with pun on signf. III, cf. Sch. ad loc. 2. a character in Com. dramas, Pantaloon, Poll. 4.143. II. down on the seeds of certain plants, γραίας ἀκάνθης π. S. Fr. 868; π. ἀπʼ ἀκάνθης Eub. 107.19: pl., Thphr. Sign. 37, Arat. 921, Dsc. 4.96, Alex. 33; = ἀκανθίς II, Plin. HN 25.168. 2. first down on the chin, opp. μύσταξ, Ruf. Onom. 49, Poll. 2.80, Eust. 1353.57, Suid. III. a small bird in whose nest the cuckoo lays (cf. ὑπολαΐς), Ael. NA 3.30, Sch.Ar. Av. 766.

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