φατέον

phateon

one must say

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Laws 4
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Book VII 1
Chapter ?

802e9
Book IX 1
Chapter ?

864a4
Book X 2
Chapter ?

897c7
898c3
Sophist 3
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Chapter ?

237e6
229b2
263b2
Philebus 2
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Chapter ?

56d5
40b5
Theaetetus 1
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Chapter ?

164b11
Timaeus 1
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Chapter ?

51e5

Dictionary (LSJ)

φατέον, (φημί) A. one must say, Pl. Lg. 864a, Sph. 237e, Plb. 2.21.8; one must call, εὐγενεῖς Jul. Or. 2.83b: abs., one must say ‘yes’, assent, Pl. Phlb. 40b, etc.

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