φλυαρία

phlyaria

nonsense, foolery

Appears 15 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Gorgias 5
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470c7
486c7
490c8
492c7
519a3
Republic 3
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Book I 1
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336b8
Book VII 1
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515d2
Book IX 1
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581d8
Apology 1
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19c4
Crito 1
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46d4
Hippias Major 1
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304b5
Parmenides 1
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130d7
Phaedo 1
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66c3
Symposium 1
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211e3
Theaetetus 1
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162a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

φλυαρία, ἡ, A. nonsense, foolery, in word or deed, Timocr. 10, Ar. Lys. 159, Pl. Tht. 162a, etc.; παιδιὰ καὶ φ. Id. Cri. 46d; καπνὸς κα φ. Id. R. 581d; χρωμάτων καὶ ἄλλης πολλῆς φ. θνητῆς Id. Smp. 211e, cf. Phd. 66c: φ. καὶ λῆρος Com.Adesp. 5.7 D.: freq. in pl., fooleries, λῆοοι καὶ φ. Pl. Hp.Ma. 304b; εἴτε ληρήματα . . , εἴτε φλυαρίας Id. Grg. 486c; περὶ σιτία καὶ ποτὰ καὶ ἰατροὺς καὶ φ. ib. 490c, cf. 519a; ἄνηθα καὶ σέλινα καὶ φ. Eub. 36.

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