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εἰδωλο-ποιέω

eidolopoieo

form an image

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Where it lives

Republic 1 · 0.11/10k

What it meant

εἰδωλο-ποιέω · eidōlo-poieō — LSJ

form an image

form an image, esp. in the mind, εἴδωλα εἰ. Pl. R. 605c, cf. Arist. de An. 427b20; ὅσα εἰ. ὁ τῦφος Ph. 1.671.

II represent by an art-type, portray in a bust

represent by an art-type, Diogenian. Epicur. 2.61, Theo Sm. p.133 H. (Pass.); portray in a bust. D.S. 31.25.2 (Pass.).

b depict in words

depict in words, ὄψιν Longin. 15.7.

In the wild

εἰδωλοποιοῦντα · eidōlopoiounta Plato, Republic 10.605 (DIORISIS sentence 6102)

Where it came from

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