φιλόπονος

philoponos

laborious, industrious

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter ?

535c1
535d2
Laws 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter ?

824a5
Phaedrus 1
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Chapter ?

248d6

Dictionary (LSJ)

φιλόπονος, ον, A. laborious, industrious, Hp. Aër. 1, S. Aj. 879 (lyr.), Pl. Phdr. 248d, etc.; πρός τι Ael. VH 1.12; opp. ἄπονος, Pl. R. 535d; τῷ σώματι φ. Isoc. 1.40; φ. περὶ τὰ αὑτῶν ἔργα X. Mem. 3.4.9: of dogs, ib.4.1.3, Poll. 5.60; τὸ φ., = φιλοπονία, Plu. 2.88d. Sup., -ώτατος τῶν Ἑλλήνων Isoc. 6.56. 2. of things, toilsome, laborious, πόλεμος X. Cyr. 7.5.47 (Sup.); φ. βίος Ocell. 4.10; φιλόπονόν [ἐστι], c. inf., X. Cyn. 6.8. 3. Adv., -νως ἔχειν πρὸς τοὺς πολέμους Id. HG 6.1.6; φ. ἔπραξα D. 18.193; φ. καὶ φιλοκινδύνως OGI 553.6 (Xanthus, i B. C.); τὴν σταφίδα κόπτε φ. Gal. 12.868: Comp. -ώτερον Isoc. 9.73: Sup. -ώτατα Plb. 10.41.3, 12.26D.5, Demetr.Lac. Herc. 1012.52.

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