ἰδέα [ῐ],
Ionic dialect ἰδέη, ἡ, (ἰδεῖν) form, ἰδέᾳ καλός [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 10(11).103, compare 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 29.6; τὴν ἰ. πάνυ καλός 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 315e; τὴν ἰ. μοχθηρός 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.100, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1000; ἰδέην ὁρέων 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.80 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to χρῶμα, [[ [prev. author] 4.109 ] Refs]; opposed to μέγεθος, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 109b (_plural_); ἡ ἰ. αὐτοῦ ἦν ὡς ἀστραπή NT.Matt.28.3, etc.] NT+5th c.BC+]; of the elementary shapes, ἄτομοι ἰδέαι [[ 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1111a codices, compare “fragment” 141 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; of the four elements, Philistion cited in [[ 1st c.AD: Anonymus Londinensis 20.25. ] Refs 1st c.AD+]
__2 semblance, opposed to reality, γνώμην ἐξαπατῶσ᾽ ἰδέαι outward appearances cheat the mind, [[ 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 128. ] Refs 6th c.BC+]
__3 kind, sort, φύλλα τοιῆσδε ἰδέης [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.203 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; φύσιν παρέχονται ἰδέης τοιήνδε [οἱ ποτάμιοι ἵπποι] [[ [prev. author] 2.71 ] Refs]; ἐφρόνεον διφασίας ἰ. they conceived two modes of acting, [[ [prev. author] 6.100, compare 119 ] Refs]; τὰ ὄργι᾽ ἐστὶ τίν᾽ ἰ. ἔχοντά σο; what is their nature or fashion? [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 471 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑτέραν ὕμνων ἰ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 384 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; καινὰς ἰ. εἰσφέρειν new forms of comedy, [[ [prev. author] “Nu.” 547 ] Refs]; τίς ἰ. βουλεύματο; [[ [prev. author] “Av.” 993 ] Refs]; πᾶσα ἰ. θανάτου every form of death, or death in every form, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.81, compare 83, 2.51; πολλαὶ ἰ. πολέμων [prev. author] 1.109; ἡ ὑπάρχουσα ἰ. τῆς παρασκευῆς [prev. author] 4.55 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; πᾶσαν ἰδέαν πειράσαντες having tried every way, [[ [prev. author] 2.19 ] Refs]; τῇ αὐτῇ ἰ. [[ [prev. author] 3.62, 6.76 ] Refs]; οὐκ ἐν ταῖς αὐταῖς ἰ. not in the same relations, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.44: εἰς μίαν τινὰ ἰ] Refs 5th c.BC+]. into one kind of existence, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184d; ἄλλη ἰ. πολιτείας [prev. author] “R.” 544c, etc.; ἀγοραίας.. ἰδέας τοῦ βίου 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 196. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]