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οὐ φής: on the adhaerescent οὐ see GMT. 384; H. 1028.
ἡ ἀριθμητικὴ καὶ λογιστική: arithmetic is the theoretical science of numbers; logistic, the practical art of reckoning. See the following chapter. On the omission of the article, see Kr. 58, 2, 1; H. 660 a; and note on 469 d.
πεττευτική: seems to be a general name for various games which were played on a board with pieces, whether dice or checkers. The addition of γέ indicates that the member of the series is not usually classed with the others; cf. Crito 47 b ταύτῃ ἄρα αὐτῷ πρακτέον καὶ λυμναστέον καὶ ἐδεστέον γε καὶ ποτέον κτἑ.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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