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φάσμα

phasma

apparition, phantom

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

φάσμα, ατος, τό: (φαίνω):—A. apparition, phantom, Hdt. 6.69, 117, A. Ag. 415 (lyr.), etc.; φ. ἀνθρώπου spectral appearance of a man, Hdt. 4.15; φ. γυναικός Id. 8.84, cf. Pl. Smp. 179d; φ. νερτέρων E. Alc. 1127; vision in a dream, ὀνείρων φάσματα A. Ag. 274, cf. S. El. 644, etc.; φ. νυκτός ib.501 (lyr.); νύχια φ. E. IT 1263 (lyr.). 2. appearance, phenomenon, Pl. Tht. 155a; ἀνατολῆς φ. καὶ δύσεως Epicur. Nat. 11.8 (pl.), al.: so, of strange phenomena in the heavens, Arist. Mete. 338b23, 342a35; of images apprehended by sense, Diog.Oen. Fr. 7. 3. of shows or mysteries, as images or types of realities, εὐδαίμονα φ. μυούμενοι Pl. Phdr. 250c. 4. sign from heaven, portent, omen, Hdt. 3.10, 4.79, 7.37,38, 8.37, S. El. 1466, Pl. Plt. 268e, etc.; φ. Κρονίδα Pi. O. 8.43, cf. A. Ag. 145 (pl., lyr.); Παλλάδα . . εὔσημον φ. ναυβάταις Eur.IA 252 (lyr.). 5. monster, prodigy, periphr., φάσμα ταύρου, ὕδρας, a monster of a bull, of a hydra, S. Tr. 509 (lyr.), 837 codd. (lyr.); of the Sphinx, Epigr.Gr. 1016.3.
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