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Lysis
Plato · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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At a Glance
- The wordAnapempazomai means count over; review a series item by item.
- In LysisSocrates asks to count over everything said, like the wise people in the law courts.
- Reading contextIts mildly comic legal comparison makes the many previous proposals into an inventory, and the following admission that he cannot remember them all underscores the inquiry’s accumulated difficulty.
- A place to readThe Greek example means “To count over everything that has been said.”
- English renderings
- Count over; review a series item by item
Meaning
Count over; review a series item by item.
Grammatical category: verb.
Use in the book
Socrates asks to count over everything said, like the wise people in the law courts. The aorist middle infinitive ἀναπεμπάσασθαι introduces the final catalogue of rejected candidates.
The verb names retrospective review, not a fresh proof. Its mildly comic legal comparison makes the many previous proposals into an inventory, and the following admission that he cannot remember them all underscores the inquiry’s accumulated difficulty.
Places to read
- 222eτὰ εἰρημένα ἅπαντα ἀναπεμπάσασθαι — To count over everything that has been said.