κηφην-ώδης · kēphēn-ōdēs — LSJ
like (that of) a drone, useless, otiose
like (that of) a drone, ἐπιθυμία Pl. R. 554b; of theories, useless, otiose, Cleom. 2.1; of a person, κ. καὶ γέρων γενόμενος Phld. Mort. 38.
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κηφην-ώδης
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like (that of) a drone
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Where it lives
- Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
What it meant
In the wild
- κηφηνώδεις · kēphēnōdeis Plato, Republic 8.554 (DIORISIS sentence 4944)
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