φάντασμα
Καὶ μὴν ὑπεραποθνῄσκειν γε μόνοι ἐθέλουσιν οἱ ἐρῶντες, οὐ μόνον ὅτι ἄνδρες, ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ γυναῖκες. → After all, it is only those in love who are actually willing to die for another — not just men, but women as well. (Plato, Symposium 179b)
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό,
A = φάσμα, apparition, phantom, ἐνύπνια φαντάσματα A.Th.710; νυκτέρων φ. ἔχουσι μορφάς Id.Fr.312; φ. δαίμονος Plu.Dio 2, cf. E.Hec.54,94 (anap.), 390, Chrysipp.Stoic.2.22, Ev.Matt.14.26; περὶ τὰ μνήματα . . ὤφθη ἄττα ψυχῶν σκιοειδῆ φ. Pl.Phd.81d; vision, dream, Arist.EN 1102b10(pl.), Theoc.21.30. b pl., phenomena, τὰ ἐν ἀέρι φ. Arist. Mu.395a29: pl., portents, D.H.4.62. II = φαντασία 1, Pl.Prt.356e, Tht.167b, Prm.166a, R.598b, Arist.de An.428a1, Epicur.Ep.2pp.37,51 U.; distd. from εἰκών, Pl.Sph.236c.
