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ἰδέα

ἰδέα, form

ἰδέα [ῐ], Ion. ἰδέη, ἡ, (ἰδεῖν)
  • form, ἰδέᾳ καλός Pi. O. 10(11).103, cf. Theoc. 29.6; τὴν ἰ. πάνυ καλός Pl. Prt. 315e; τὴν ἰ. μοχθηρός And. 1.100, cf. Ar. Av. 1000; ἰδέην ὁρέων Hdt. 1.80; opp. χρῶμα, Id. 4.109; opp. μέγεθος, Pl. Phd. 109b (pl.); ἡ ἰ. αὐτοῦ ἦν ὡς ἀστραπή Ev.Matt. 28.3, etc.; of the elementary shapes, ἄτομοι ἰδέαι Democr. ap. Plu. Col. 2.1111a codd., cf. Fr. 141 D.; of the four elements, Philistion ap. Anon.Lond. 20.25.
      • 2 semblance, opp. reality, γνώμην ἐξαπατῶσʼ ἰδέαι outward appearances cheat the mind, Thgn. 128.
      • 3 kind, sort, φύλλα τοιῆσδε ἰδέης Hdt. 1.203; φύσιν παρέχονται ἰδέης τοιήνδε [οἱ ποτάμιοι ἵπποι] Id. 2.71; ἐφρόνεον διφασίας ἰ. they conceived two modes of acting, Id. 6.100, cf. 119; τὰ ὄργιʼ ἐστὶ τίνʼ ἰ. ἔχοντά σοι; what is their nature or fashion? E. Ba. 471; ἑτέραν ὕμνων ἰ. Ar. Ra. 384; καινὰς ἰ. εἰσφέρειν new forms of comedy, Id. Nu. 547; τίς ἰ. βουλεύματος; Id. Av. 993; πᾶσα ἰ. θανάτου every form of death, or death in every form, Th. 3.81, cf. 83, 2.51; πολλαὶ ἰ. πολέμων Id. 1.109; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα ἰ. τῆς παρασκευῆς Id. 4.55; πᾶσαν ἰδέαν πειράσαντες having tried every way, Id. 2.19; τῇ αὐτῇ ἰ. Id. 3.62, 6.76; οὐκ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἰ. not in the same relations, Isoc. 3.44: εἰς μίαν τινὰ ἰ. into one kind of existence, Pl. Tht. 184d; ἄλλη ἰ. πολιτείας Id. R. 544c, etc.; ἀγοραίας . . ἰδέας τοῦ βίου Epicur. Fr. 196.
      • 4 esp. in Rhet., etc., of literary form, ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς ἰδέαις κατεχρήσαντο πρὸς τὴν ποίησιν Isoc. 2.48, cf. 15.47,183; ἡ ἰαμβικὴ ἰ. Arist. Po. 1449b8, cf. 1450b34, Rh.Al. 1425a9, etc.; ἡ ἐν τῷ λέγειν ἰ. Phld. Rh. 2.258 S.
        • b style, Πλατωνική, Δημοσθενικὴ ἰ., Syrian. in Hermog. 1.112 R.
        • c a quality of style (e.g. σαφήνεια, γοργότης, etc.), Hermog. Id. tit., etc.
    • II in Logic, = εἶδος, class, kind: hence, principle of classification, ἔφησθα . . μιᾷ ἰδέᾳ τά τε ἀνόσια ἀνόσια εἶναι καὶ τὰ ὅσια ὅσια Pl. Euthphr. 6d, cf. Phdr. 265d. Sph. 253d, etc.
      • 2 pl. in Platonic Philosophy, ideal forms, archetypes, τὰς . . ἰ. νοεῖσθαι μέν, ὁρᾶσθαι δʼ οὔ Id. R. 507b, cf. 596b, al., Arist. Metaph. 990a34, al., EN 1096a17: also in sg., ἡ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἰ. Pl. R. 508e, al., cf. εἶδος.
      • 3 notion, idea, προάγειν τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον ἐπὶ τὴν ἰ. ἀγνοουμένου πράγματος Nausiph. 2. (Written εἰδέα in later Greek, as PGen. 16.17 (iii A.D.), v.l. in Ev.Matt. 28.3.)

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