Dialogue

 1 Craty|        and Astyanax have only one letter alike, but they have the
 2 Craty|         is a case in point, for a letter has been omitted and the
 3 Craty|          diaion going through—the letter kappa being inserted for
 4 Craty|    example, what business has the letter rho in the word katoptron,
 5 Craty|        the word katoptron, or the letter sigma in the word sphigx?
 6 Craty|           are somewhat crude:—the letter rho appears to me to be
 7 Craty|       just iesis (going), for the letter eta was unknown to the ancients;
 8 Craty|         the pronunciation of this letter, just as he used iota to
 9 Craty|        you subtract or misplace a letter, the name ceases to be a
10 Craty|           I were saying about the letter rho accent, which was held
11 Craty|         one another, although the letter rho accent is not equivalent
12 Craty|          is not equivalent to the letter s: why is this? You reply,
13 Craty|          Well, then, there is the letter lambda; what business has
14 Craty|         tongue; in the use of the letter rho accent, to express a
15 Craty|           while in the use of the letter alpha to express size, or
16 Craty|      actions in sound, although a letter or two having this imitative
17 Craty|           Plato observes that the letter rho accent is expressive
18 Craty|          of binding and rest, the letter lambda of smoothness, nu
19 Craty| smoothness, nu of inwardness, the letter eta of length, the letter
20 Craty|         letter eta of length, the letter omicron of roundness. These
21 Craty|          of every word, syllable, letter to one another and to the
22 Craty|        linked to every other. One letter harmonizes with another;
23 Craty|      addition or subtraction of a letter make any difference so long
24 Craty|          mistake, the name of the letter is quite correct. Take,
25 Craty|            Take, for example, the letter beta—the addition of eta,
26 Craty| transposition or subtraction of a letter or two, or indeed by the
27 Craty|        and Astyanax have only one letter alike, which is tau, and
28 Craty|        just of this sort, for one letter, which is the alpha, has
29 Craty|          to this view, not even a letter of the word need be changed.~
30 Craty|       rightly called dikaion; the letter k is only added for the
31 Craty|        word katoptron; why is the letter rho inserted? This must
32 Craty|         they resemble—whether one letter is used to denote one thing,
33 Craty|           In the first place, the letter rho appears to me to be
34 Craty|       just iesis (going); for the letter eta was not in use among
35 Craty|     improved into stasis. Now the letter rho, as I was saying, appeared
36 Craty|        and he frequently uses the letter for this purpose: for example,
37 Craty|        finds an expression in the letter R, because, as I imagine,
38 Craty|         the pronunciation of this letter, which he therefore used
39 Craty|    express motion, just as by the letter iota he expresses the subtle
40 Craty|           This is why he uses the letter iota as imitative of motion,
41 Craty|           subtract, or misplace a letter, the name which is written
42 Craty|           substitution of a wrong letter, and if of a letter also
43 Craty|         wrong letter, and if of a letter also of a noun in a sentence,
44 Craty|        you agree with me that the letter rho is expressive of rapidity,
45 Craty|        CRATYLUS: Why, perhaps the letter lamda is wrongly inserted,