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ἐγγιγνομένῳ: the use of the compound verb here, in place of the simple one in the other member of the comparison, is probably due to its close connexion with ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ.
τί δὲ οὐκ αὐτὸς λέγεις: on the meaning of the interr. form, see on 503 b. The question is of the nature of an evasion of the answer, which Callicles pushes upon Socrates to escape responsibility. Cf. 470 b.
φάθι: see on 475 e.εἰ δὲ μή: see on 502 b.ἔλεγχε: with this and ἐπίτρεπε (yield) the neuter object (“what I say”) is understood. In a similar way ἐπιτρέπειν is used absolutely, Apol. 35 b and elsewhere.
ἀρετή: used at first in the general sense of “proper function or condition,” so that it can afterwards appear in its moral force without thereby the standard of judgment being changed.
Gonzalez Lodge. Commentary on Plato Gorgias. Ginn & Company. Boston and London. 1891.
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