Σκύθης

skythes

Scythian

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book I 2
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637d7
637e2
Book VII 1
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795a1
Euthydemus 2
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299e4
300a1
Laches 2
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191a8
191b5
Gorgias 1
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483d7
Menexenus 1
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239e4

Dictionary (LSJ)

Σκύθης, ου, ὁ: voc. Σκύθᾰ Thgn. 829, Ar. Th. 1112, etc.:—A. Scythian, first in Hes. Fr. 55: prov., Σκυθῶν ἐρημία, of a desert, Ar. Ach. 704: metaph., rude, rough person, ἐν λόγοις Σ. Plu. 2.847f, cf. Men. 533.13. 2. Adj. Scythian, Σ. ἐς οἷμον A. Pr. 2; Σ. ὅμιλος ib.417 (lyr.); σίδηρος Id. Th. 818 (cf. Χάλυψ) ; κύανος Thphr. Lap. 55. II. at Athens, one of the city police, which was mainly composed of Scythian slaves, Ar. Th. 1018,1026, Lys. 451; cf. τοξότης III. 2. = ἱπποτοξότης, Ael. Tact. 2.13.

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