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σχολή

schole

leisure, rest, ease

Appears 44 times across Plato's dialogues.

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σχολή, ἡ, A. leisure, rest, ease, Pi. N. 10.46, Hdt. 3.134, etc.; opp. ἀσχολία, Arist. Pol. 1334a15, etc.; σχολὴν ἄγειν to be at leisure, enjoy ease, keep quiet, Hdt. l.c., E. Med. 1238, Th. 5.29; ἐπί τινι for a thing, Pl. Ap. 36d; περί τι Antip.Stoic. 3.256; πρός τι Pl. Phdr. 229e, Arr. Epict. 1.27.15; τινι Luc. Cal. 15; σ. ἀγαγεῖν ἐπί τινα to give up oneʼs time to him, Id. DDeor. 12.2, etc.; σ. ἔχειν to have leisure, E. Andr. 732, Pl. Lg. 813c, etc.; ἀμφὶ ἑαυτόν for oneʼs own business, X. Cyr. 7.5.42; σ. ποιεῖσθαι to find leisure, πρός τι Id. Mem. 2.6.4: c. inf., Pl. Ion 530d; μὴ σχολὴν τίθει, i.e. make haste, A. Ag. 1059; ἡνίκʼ ἂν σχολὴν λάβω E. IT 1432; σχολή [ἐστί] μοι I have time, οὐ σχολὴ αὐτῷ Pl. Prt. 314d; οὐκ οὔσης σ. Ar. Pl. 281; also παρούσης πολλῆς σ. . . πρός τι Pl. Plt. 272b: prov., οὐ σ. δούλοις Arist. Pol. 1334a21: c. inf., οὔτοι . . τῇδʼ ἐμοὶ σ. πάρα τρίβειν A. Ag. 1055, etc.; εἴ τῳ καὶ λογίζεσθαι σ. S. Aj. 816; εἴ σοι σ. προϊόντι ἀκούειν Pl. Phdr. 227b; καταβαίνειν οὐ σ. Ar. Ach. 409,al.; σ. πλείων ἢ θέλω πάρεστί μοι A. Pr. 818; σχολὴ ἐδόκει γίγνεσθαι he thought he had plenty of time, Th. 5.10; σ. διδόναι, παρέχειν τινί, X. Cyr. 4.2.22, Hier. 10.5; σ. καταναλίσκειν εἴς τι Isoc. 1.18; τὴν τοῦ πράττοντος σ. περιμένειν to wait his leisure, Pl. R. 370b; σχολῆς τόδʼ ἔργον a work for leisure, i.e. requiring attention, E. Andr. 552: freq. with Preps., ἐπὶ σχολῆς at leisure, Pl. Tht. 172d; κατὰ σχολήν Ar. Ec. 48, Pl. Phdr. 228a; μετὰ σχολῆς Id. Criti. 110a; ὑπὸ σχολῆς Plu. 2.667d; v.infr. B. 2. c. gen., leisure, rest from a thing, ἔν τινι σχολῇ κακοῦ S. OT 1286; ὡς ἂν σχολὴν λύσωμεν . . πόνων E. HF 725; σ. ἐστί τινι τῶν πράξεων Pl. Lg. 961b, cf. R. 370c; also σ. γίγνεταί τινι ἀπό τινος Id. Phd. 66d; σ. ἄγειν ἀπό τινος to keep clear of . . , X. Cyr. 8.3.47; ἡ τῶν ἀναγκαίων σ. Arist. Pol. 1269a35. 3. idleness, τίκτει γὰρ οὐδὲν ἐσθλὸν εἰκαία σ. S. Fr. 308; σ. τερπνὸν κακόν E. Hipp. 384. II. that in which leisure is employed, οὐ κάμνω σχολῇ I am not weary of talk, Id. Ion 276; esp. learned discussion, disputation, lecture, Pl. Lg. 820c (pl.), Arist. Pol. 1323b39; παρεκαθίζανον . . σχολαῖς φιλομαθεῖν προαιρούμενοι IG 22.1011.22; ταῦτʼ οὐ σχολὴ Πλάτωνος; Alex. 158; σχολὰς ἀναγράψαι Phld. Acad.Ind.p.74 M., cf. Plu. 2.37c, etc.; σ. περὶ πολιτείας γράψασθαι ib.790e; σ. ἀναγνῶναι, λέγειν, Phld. Acad.Ind.p.82 M., Arr. Epict. 4.11.35; ἠθικαὶ σ., title of work by Persaeus, Stoic. 1.102, cf.Cic. Tusc. 1.4.7,8. 2. a group to whom lectures were given, school, Arist. Pol. 1313b3, Phld. Ind.Sto. 10, D.H. Isoc. 1, Dem. 44, Plu. Per. 35, Alex. 7, etc.; σ. ἔχειν to keep a school, Arr. Epict. 3.21.11; σχολῆς ἡγεῖσθαι to be master of it, Phld. Acad.Ind.p.92 M., D.H. Amm. 1.7. 3. Lat. schola, = σχολαστήριον, Vitr. 5.10.4, CIL 10.831, etc. III. σχολαί, αἱ, regiments of the Imperial guard, Procop. Goth. 4.27, Suid. s.v. διέδριον; Lat.scholae, Cod.Theod. 14.17.9 (iv A.D.), etc. b. section of an office, PMasp. 57 ii 18 (vi A.D.); of the 15 ‘schools’ of shorthand writers, Lyd. Mag. 3.6. B. σχολῇ as Adv., in a leisurely way, tardily, ἤνυτον σ. βραδύς S. Ant. 231, cf. Th. 1.142, 3.46, And. 2.19, etc.; ἄτρεμά τε καὶ σ. Alex. 135.4; σ. καὶ βάδην Plb. 8.28.11. 2. at oneʼs leisure, i.e. scarcely, hardly, not at all, S. OT 434. Ant. 390, Pl. Sph. 233b, etc.; παραινῶ πᾶσι . . σ. τεκνοῦσθαι παῖδας E. Fr. 317; σ. γε And. 1.102, X. Mem. 3.14.3; σ. που Pl. Sph. 261b: freq. in apodosi, to introduce an a fortiori argument, εἰ δὲ μὴ . . , ἦ που σχολῇ . . γε if not so . . , hardly or much less so . . , And. 1.90; εἰ αὗται . . μὴ ἀκριβεῖς εἰσι, σχολῇ αἵ γε ἄλλαι Pl. Phd. 65b; εἰ μὴ τούτων . . , σ. τῶν γε ἄλλων Arist. Metaph. 999a10; ὁπότε γὰρ . . , answered by σ. γε, Pl. R. 610e; μὴ γιγνώσκων τὴν οὐσίαν σ. τήν γε ὀρθότητα διαγνώσεται Id. Lg. 668c.
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