Philosophy · Plato
Cratylus
Plato, c. 428–348 BCE — in Greek.
The words most alive here
- οὗτος · houtos 413
- ὄνομα · onoma 346
- λέγω · legō 256
- ὅστις · hostis 171
- ἠέ · ēe 165
- τίς · tis 142
- ὦ · ō 137
- ἔχω · echō 134
- καλέω · kaleō 128
- δοκέω · dokeō 125
- ὡς · hōs 119
- οὕτως · houtōs 90
By how often they stand in this work, the commonest particles set aside. Each opens onto its own word.
Read from it
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βούλει οὖν καὶ Σωκράτει τῷδε ἀνακοινωσώμεθα τὸν λόγον;
Plato, Cratylus 383 (DIORISIS sentence 1) -
εἴ σοι δοκεῖ.
Plato, Cratylus 383 (DIORISIS sentence 2) -
Κρατύλος φησὶν ὅδε, ὦ Σώκρατες, ὀνόματος ὀρθότητα εἶναι ἑκάστῳ τῶν ὄντων φύσει πεφυκυῖαν, καὶ οὐ τοῦτο εἶναι ὄνομα ὃ ἄν τινες συνθέμενοι καλεῖν καλῶσι, τῆς αὑτῶν φωνῆς μόριον ἐπιφθεγγόμενοι, ἀλλὰ ὀρθότητά τινα τῶν ὀνομάτων πεφυκέναι καὶ Ἕλλησι καὶ βαρβάροις τὴν αὐτὴν ἅπασιν.
Plato, Cratylus 383 (DIORISIS sentence 3) -
ἐρωτῶ οὖν αὐτὸν ἐγὼ εἰ αὐτῷ Κρατύλος τῇ ἀληθείᾳ ὄνομα ὁ δὲ ὁμολογεῖ.
Plato, Cratylus 383 (DIORISIS sentence 4) -
τί δὲ Σωκράτει;
Plato, Cratylus 383 (DIORISIS sentence 5) -
ἔφην.
Plato, Cratylus 383 (DIORISIS sentence 6)
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