σεισμός

seismos

shaking, shock

Appears 17 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Timaeus 5
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25c7
57c5
88d8
53a4
62b4
Critias 3
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108e8
112d1
112a3
Laws 2
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Book VII 2
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789d1
791a1
Philebus 2
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33d5
33e11
Republic 2
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Book II 1
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359d3
Book X 1
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621b2
Statesman 2
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273a3
273a6
Cratylus 1
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427a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

σεισμός, ὁ, (σείω) A. shaking, shock, γῆς σ. earthquake, E. HF 862, Th. 3.87; χθονός E. IT 1166: abs., Hdt. 4.28, 5.85, 7.129, S. OC 95, Ar. Ec. 791, Th. 1.23, etc. 2. generally, shock, agitation, commotion, σ. τοῦ σώματος Pl. Phlb. 33e, cf. Ti. 88d; ἔξωθεν . . προσφέρειν τοῖς . . πάθεσι σεισμόν a shock, Id. Lg. 791a; σ. τῆς οὐρᾶς Poll. 5.61; σ. ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ Ev.Matt. 8.24. 3. blackmail, extortion, Sammelb. 5675.13 (ii B.C.); συκοφάντεια καὶ σ. PPar. 15.67 (ii B.C.).

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