The corpus record

ἴνδαλ-μα

indalma · τό

form, appearance

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Where it lives

Sapientia Salomonis 1 · 1.45/10k
Enneads 21 · 0.99/10k
Jeremias 1 · 0.36/10k

What it meant

ἴνδαλ-μα · indal-ma — LSJ

form, appearance, mental image, hallucinations

form, appearance, LXX Wi. 17.3, Ael. NA 17.35; ἴ. ψυχῆς,= εἴδωλον, IG 3.1403: pl., ἰ. ζωῆς Plot. 1.4.3; κρυφίων ἰνδάλματα πυρσῶν AP 5.250 (Iren.); mental image, ἰ. καὶ δόκησις ψυχῆς Them. Or. 26.327d: in pl., hallucinations, Luc. Gall. 5, Aret. SD 1.6.

In the wild

ἰνδάλματα · indalmata Plotinus, Enneads 1.4 (DIORISIS sentence 236)
ἴνδαλμα · indalma Plotinus, Enneads 1.8 (DIORISIS sentence 519)
ἴνδαλμα · indalma Plotinus, Enneads 2.1 (DIORISIS sentence 658)
ἴνδαλμα · indalma Plotinus, Enneads 2.3 (DIORISIS sentence 854)
ἴνδαλμα · indalma Plotinus, Enneads 2.5 (DIORISIS sentence 1060)
ἴνδαλμα · indalma Plotinus, Enneads 3.8 (DIORISIS sentence 2224)

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Where it came from

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