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[281α] ὑφῇ δρᾶν φαίνεται.

Νεώτερος Σωκράτης
πῶς;

Ξένος
τὸ μὲν τῆς ὑφῆς συμπλοκή τίς ἐστί που.

Νεώτερος Σωκράτης
ναί.

Ξένος
τὸ δέ γε τῶν συνεστώτων καὶ συμπεπιλημένων διαλυτική.

Νεώτερος Σωκράτης
τὸ ποῖον δή;

Ξένος
τὸ τῆς τοῦ ξαίνοντος τέχνης ἔργον. ἢ τὴν ξαντικὴν τολμήσομεν ὑφαντικὴν καὶ τὸν ξάντην ὡς ὄντα ὑφάντην καλεῖν;

Νεώτερος Σωκράτης
οὐδαμῶς.

Ξένος
καὶ μὴν τήν γε αὖ στήμονος ἐργαστικὴν καὶ κρόκης εἴ τις ὑφαντικὴν προσαγορεύει, παράδοξόν τε καὶ ψεῦδος


Plato. Platonis Opera, ed. John Burnet. Oxford University Press. 1903.

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