ἰδέα [ῐ],
Ionic dialect ἰδέη, ἡ, (ἰδεῖν)
form, ἰδέᾳ καλός [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to χρῶμα, [
Refs]; opposed to μέγεθος, [
NT+5th c.BC+]; of the elementary
shapes, ἄτομοι ἰδέαι [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the four
elements, Philistion cited in [
Refs 1st c.AD+]
2)
semblance, opposed to reality, γνώμην ἐξαπατῶσ᾽ ἰδέαι
outward appearances cheat the mind, [
Refs 6th c.BC+]
3)
kind, sort, φύλλα τοιῆσδε ἰδέης [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσιν παρέχονται ἰδέης τοιήνδε [οἱ ποτάμιοι ἵπποι] [
Refs]; ἐφρόνεον διφασίας ἰ. they conceived two
modes of acting, [
Refs]; τὰ ὄργι᾽ ἐστὶ τίν᾽ ἰ. ἔχοντά σο; what is their
nature or
fashion? [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑτέραν ὕμνων ἰ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; καινὰς ἰ. εἰσφέρειν new
forms of comedy, [
Refs]; τίς ἰ. βουλεύματο; [
Refs]; πᾶσα ἰ. θανάτου every
form of death, or death in every
form, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσαν ἰδέαν πειράσαντες having tried every
way, [
Refs]; τῇ αὐτῇ ἰ. [
Refs]; οὐκ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἰ. not in the same
relations, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]. into one
kind of existence, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4) especially in Rhet, etc, of literary
form, ἀμφοτέραις ταῖς ἰδέαις κατεχρήσαντο πρὸς τὴν ποίησιν [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἰαμβικὴ ἰ. [
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ ἐν τῷ λέγειν ἰ. [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
4.b)
style, Πλατωνική, Δημοσθενικὴ ἰ, [
Refs 5th c.AD+]
4.c)
a quality of style (e.g. σαφήνεια, γοργότης, etc.), [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II) in Logic,= εἶδος,
class, kind: hence,
principle of classification, ἔφησθα. μιᾷ ἰδέᾳ τά τε ἀνόσια ἀνόσια εἶναι καὶ τὰ ὅσια ὅσια [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2)
plural in Platonic Philosophy,
ideal forms, archetypes, τὰς. ἰ. νοεῖσθαι μέν, ὁρᾶσθαι δ᾽ οὔ [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3)
notion, idea, προάγειν τὸν ἀποκρινόμενον ἐπὶ τὴν ἰ. ἀγνοουμένου πράγματος [
NT+4th c.BC+]