σπαργάω

spargao

to be full to bursting, swell, be ripe

Appears 4 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 1
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Book III 1
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692a4
Phaedrus 1
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256a2
Republic 1
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Book V 1
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460c9
Symposium 1
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206d8

Dictionary (LSJ)

σπαργάω,= ὀργάω, A. to be full to bursting, swell, be ripe, μαστὸς σπαργῶν E. Ba. 701, cf. Cyc. 55 (lyr.); of nursing mothers, swell with milk, Pl. R. 460c (metaph., Id. Smp. 206d); σ. τοὺς μαστοὺς ὑπὸ γάλακτος or γάλακτι, D.H. 1.79, Plu. 2.320d. 2. swell with humours, τὰ ἄνω . . σ. Hp. Epid. 2.6.21, cf. Gal. 19.82. 3. of plants, Poll. 1.230. II. metaph., swell with desire or passion, Pl. Phdr. 256a; πρὸς δόξαν Plu. 2.1100a, cf. 585c; ἐπὶ τὴν βασιλείαν Id. Art. 3: abs., wax wanton, be insolent, σπαργῶσαν . . τὴν ἀρχὴν ὁρῶν Pl. Lg. 692a; ὀλιγαρχία-ῶσα Plu. Lyc. 7; -ῶντι τῷ δήμῳ Id. Comp.Per.Fab. 1.

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