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Σωκράτης
ἀλλ᾽ ὧδε λέγω, ὥσπερ ἂν εἰ τάχος ἠρώτων τί ποτ᾽ ἐστίν, ὃ καὶ ἐν τῷ τρέχειν τυγχάνει ὂν ἡμῖν καὶ ἐν τῷ κιθαρίζειν καὶ ἐν τῷ λέγειν καὶ ἐν τῷ μανθάνειν καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις πολλοῖς, καὶ σχεδόν τι αὐτὸ κεκτήμεθα, οὗ καὶ πέρι ἄξιον λέγειν, ἢ ἐν ταῖς τῶν χειρῶν πράξεσιν ἢ σκελῶν ἢ στόματός τε καὶ φωνῆς ἢ διανοίας: ἢ οὐχ οὕτω καὶ σὺ λέγεις;

Λάχης
πάνυ γε.

Σωκράτης
εἰ τοίνυν τίς με ἔροιτο: ‘ὦ Σώκρατες, τί λέγεις τοῦτο ὃ ἐν πᾶσιν ὀνομάζεις ταχυτῆτα εἶναι;’ εἴποιμ᾽ ἂν


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

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    • J. Adam, A. M. Adam, Commentary on Plato, Protagoras, CHAPTER III
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    • Raphael Kühner, Bernhard Gerth, Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache, KG 3.5.2
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