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ποιητής

poietes

maker

Appears 228 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ποιητής, οῦ, ὁ, A. maker, μηχανημάτων Id. Cyr. 1.6.38; κλίνης Pl. R. 597d; τὸν π. καὶ πατέρα τοῦδε τοῦ παντός Id. Ti. 28c; ζῴων, of the painter, Id. Sph. 234a; inventor, θεῶν Id. Euthphr. 3b; νόμων lawgiver, Id. Def. 415b. 2. workman, PSI 4.388.8, al. (iii B.C., pl.). II. composer of a poem, author, π. κωμῳδίας Pl. Lg. 935e; π. καινῶν δραμάτων, τραγῳδιῶν κτλ. SIG 1079.2, al. (Magn. Mae., ii/i B.C.): abs., poet, Hdt. 2.53, Ar. Ra. 96, 1030, Pl. Ion 534b, etc.; Homer was called ὁ π., Pl. Grg. 485d, Arist. Rh. 1365a11, 1380b28, Telesp.34 H., Plb. 12.21.3, Str. 1.1.10, A.D. Synt. 26.19, etc.; so also Hesiod, Pl. Lg. 901a; and others, Id. Thg. 125e, D.Chr. 78.44. b. composer of music, Pl. Lg. 812d. 2. author of a speech, opp. deliverer of it, π. λόγων Id. Euthd. 305b, cf. Phdr. 234e, 278e, Alcid. Soph. 34, Isoc. 15.192. (Written ποητής IG 22.2319.65, SIG 711L 35 (Delph., ii B.C.), etc.)
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