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σύμφορος

symphoros

accompanying

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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σύμφορος, ον, A. accompanying, λιμὸς ἀεργῷ σύμφορος ἀνδρί hunger is the sluggardʼs companion, Hes. Op. 302: c. gen., πενίης οὐ σύμφοροι, ἀλλὰ κόροιο Id. Th. 593. II. suitable, useful, profitable, c. dat., ἔκτη . . κούρῃ οὐ σύμφορός ἐστιν the sixth day is not good for a girl, Id. Op. 783; οὐ . . σύμφορόν ἐστι γυνὴ νέα ἀνδρὶ γέροντι Thgn. 457; ἡ πενίη κακῷ σύμφορος ἀνδρὶ φέρειν Id. 526; πολλῷ ξυμφορώτερον ἐς . . Th. 3.47; πρὸς . . Pl. Lg. 766e, Isoc. 6.74 (Sup.); σύμφορόν ἐστι, = συμφέρει, Hdt. 8.60.αʹ, S. OC 592; Πλούτῳ . . τοῦτο -ώτατον Ar. Pl. 1162, cf. Th. 2.36: τὰ σ. what is expedient, S. OC 464, etc.; τῶν ἀναγκαίων ξυμφόρων διαναστάς departing from his necessary (i.e. natural) interests, Th. 4.128; δρᾶν τὰ -ώτατά τινι E. Med. 876; τὸ ὑμέτερον ξ. your plea of expediency, opp. τὸ δίκαιον, Th. 5.98, cf. 3.47. Adv., -ρως ἔχειν to be expedient, Isoc. 5.102; χρῆσθαι X. Cyr. 4.2.45: Comp. -ώτερον Id. HG 6.5.39: Sup. -ώτατα Th. 8.43, X. Cyr. 5.3.22, PCair.Zen. 637.14 (iii B.C.), etc. 2. rarely of persons, ξυμφορώτατοι προσπολεμῆσαι most convenient to make war upon, Th. 8.96. III. τὸ σύμφορον ὄνομα is f.l. for τὸ σῦφαρ ὄνομα (cj. Schöne, Berl.Sitzb. 1924.100) in Gal. 6.379.
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