σκιαγραφία
skiagraphia
painting with the shadows
Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
σκιαγραφία, ἡ, A. painting with the shadows (cf. σκιαγραφέω), so as to produce an illusion of solidity at a distance, scene-painting, σ. ἀσαφεῖ καὶ ἀπατηλῷ χρώμεθα Criti. 107d; σκιαγραφίαν ἀρετῆς περιγραπτέον R. 365c, cf. 602d, Phd. 69b, ap. PE 14.5, 26; ἡ σ. καὶ τὰ ἐνύπνια, compared as being both illusory, Metaph. 1024b23; ἡ δημηγορικὴ λέξις ἔοικε τῇ σ., i.e. in being calculated for effect, Rh. 1414a8, cf. 52.7.
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