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πάγῐ-ος

pagios

solid, solid, firm, steadfast

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Where it lives

Epinomis 1 · 1.59/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Timaeus 1 · 0.42/10k
Metaphysics 3 · 0.38/10k
Rhetoric 1 · 0.23/10k
Republic 1 · 0.11/10k
Enneads 1 · 0.05/10k

What it meant — LSJ

solid, solid

solid, κηρὸς . . σιδήρου παγιώτερος Luc. Alex. 21. Adv., εἶναι -ίως to be solid, opp. ῥεῖν, Arist. Cael. 298b30.

II firm, steadfast, fast, steady, positively, without reservations, firmly, immovably

firm, steadfast, οὐδὲν π. ἐστι τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων D.C. 65.1; π. ἔχειν τὸν λόγον hold it fast, Pl. Epin. 984d, cf. Plot. l.c.; πάγιον ἕστηκε Lib. Or. 64.47; of persons, συστῆναι παγιώτατοι steady in the ranks, D.C. 76.12. Adv. -ίως, λέγειν to say positively, without reservations, Pl. R. 434d; π. νοῆσαι ib. 479c, Tht. 157a; π. διισχυρίζεσθαι Id. Ti. 49d, cf. Arist. Rh. 1389b19; firmly, immovably, ἑστάναι Dam. Pr. 266.

In the wild

παγίως · pagiōs Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 2972)
παγίως · pagiōs Aristotle, Metaphysics book 11 (DIORISIS sentence 3001)
παγίως · pagiōs Aristotle, Metaphysics book 4 (DIORISIS sentence 876)
παγίως · pagiōs Aristotle, Rhetoric 2
πάγιον · pagion Plato, Epinomis 984
παγίως · pagiōs Plato, Republic 5.479 (DIORISIS sentence 3557)

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