1. ἀδολέσχης · adoleschēs
The corpus record
ἀδο-λέσχης
adolesches
idle talker
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Where it lives
- Statesman 1 · 0.59/10k
- Cratylus 1 · 0.56/10k
- Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
- Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
What it meant — LSJ
2. ἀδολέσχης · adoleschēs
3. ἀδολέσχης · adoleschēs
4. ἀδο-λέσχης · ado-leschēs
prater, idle talker, esp. of reputed sophists: Σωκράτην, τὸν πτωχὸν ἀ. Eup. 352, cf. Ar. Nu. 1485; ἢ Πρόδικος ἢ τῶν ἀ. εἷς γέ τις Id. Fr. 490; ἀ. τις σοφιστής Pl. Plt. 299b, cf. Tht. 195b, R. 488e: generally, talker, babbler, Thphr. Char. 3.2, Arist. EN 1117b35, etc.
in good sense, subtle reasoner, Pl. Cra. 401b. [ᾱ- in Eup. and Ar. ll.c.; cf. ἁδέω, λέσχη.]
In the wild
- ἀδολέσχας · adoleschas Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1117b (DIORISIS sentence 988)
- ἀδολέσχην · adoleschēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.7 (DIORISIS sentence 3500)
- ἀδολέσχην · adoleschēn Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 5.1 (DIORISIS sentence 3751)
- ἀδολέσχαι · adoleschai Plato, Cratylus 401 (DIORISIS sentence 486)
- ἀδολέσχην · adoleschēn Plato, Republic 6.489 (DIORISIS sentence 3683)
- ἀδολέσχην · adoleschēn Plato, Statesman 299
Where it came from
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