προπηλακίζω

propelakizo

bespatter with mud

Appears 12 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 5
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Book VII 1
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536c3
Book VIII 2
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560d4
562d6
Book IX 1
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590b8
Book X 1
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613d8
Gorgias 3
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527c7
483b3
527a4
Hippias Major 1
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304c3
Laws 1
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Book IX 1
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866e4
Letters 1
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345e4
Theaetetus 1
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164e4

Dictionary (LSJ)

προπηλακίζω, Att. fut. -ιῶ Th. 6.54: (apparently from πήλαξ = πηλός, though neither πήλαξ nor the simple πηλακίζω certainly existed): —A. bespatter with mud, or trample in the mire: only metaph., treat with contumely, τοὐμὸν στόμα S. OT 427, cf.Ar. Th. 386 (Pass.); freq. in Att. Prose, Th. l. c., And. 4.16, Pl. R. 562d, etc.:—Pass., Lys. 15.6, etc.; ἰδὼν προπεπηλακισμένην [τὴν φιλοσοφίαν] ἀναξίως Pl. R. 536c; προπηλακισθέντες λόγοις ἢ καὶ ἀτίμοις ἔργοις Id. Lg. 866e; ὑβρίζετο καὶ προὐπηλακίζεθʼ ὑπὸ τοῦ δήμου D. 9.60. II. c. acc. rei, throw in oneʼs teeth, reproach one with, εἴ τις πενίαν π. Id. 18.256.

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