πυκνότης

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closeness, thickness, denseness, solidity

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Timaeus 6
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Chapter ?

62c2
82d5
59b5
59b7
64a1
84b5
Laws 3
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Book V 1
Chapter ?

734a8
Book VII 2
Chapter ?

812d6
788b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

πυκνότης, ητος, ἡ, A. closeness, thickness, denseness, solidity, [νεφελῶν] Ar. Nu. 384,406; [χρυσοῦ] Pl. Ti. 59b; π. ἡ κάτω Epicur. Nat. 11.10; π. νοητή Phld. D. 3.11; of flesh, opp. μανότης, Hp. VM 22, Arist. EN 1129a23, etc.; opp. ἀραιότης, Id. Ph. 260b10 (pl.); ἡ π. τῆς ξυγκλῄσεως Th. 5.71. 2. Medic., π. κοιλίης costiveness, Hp. Epid. 6.3.1. 3. closer spacing of notes in music, opp. μανότης, Pl. Lg. 812d. 4. in Tactics, close formation of the phalanx, Arr. Tact. 11.1, 12.11; ἡ συνέχεια καὶ π. τῶν Ῥωμαίων Plu. Crass. 24. II. frequency, μεταβολῶν Isoc. 4.116; μέγεθος καὶ πλῆθος καὶ πυκνότητες [λυπῶν] Pl. Lg. 734a; ἡ π. τῶν ἐννοιῶν Hermog. Id. 2.10 (pl.), Longin. ap. Porph. Plot. 19, cf. Arist. SE 175b34. III. metaph., sagacity, shrewdness, π. ἔνεστʼ ἐν τῷ τρόπῳ Ar. Eq. 1132 (lyr.); πιθανότης καὶ π. τοῦ ἀνδρός Plu. TG 15.

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