πεῖνα

peina

hunger, famine

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Philebus 5
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31e6
34d10
54e4
52a1
52a2
Republic 3
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Book IV 2
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437d4
440c3
Book IX 1
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585a8
Laws 2
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Book VIII 1
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837c2
Book XI 1
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936b3
Gorgias 1
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497c7
Lysis 1
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221a1
Phaedo 1
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94b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

πεῖνα, Ion. πείνη, ης, ἡ, A. hunger, famine, πείνη δʼ οὔ ποτε δῆμον ἐπέρχεται Od. 15.407 ; πεῖνα (v.l. πείνη ) καὶ δίψα Pl. R. 585a ; δίψαν . . καὶ πεῖναν ib.437d ; δίψα καὶ πεῖνα Arist. de An. 414b11 ; πείνην τε καὶ δίψος Pl. Phlb. 34d ; πείνη ib. 31e, Ly. 221a : pl., δίψαι καὶ πεῖναι Arist. Rh. 1389a9. 2. metaph., hunger or longing for a thing, διὰ μαθημάτων πείνην Pl. Phlb. 52a. (In nom. and acc. sg. Pl. usu. has πείνη -ην, v. supr.)

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