ἀδοξέω

adoxeo

to be held in no esteem, be in ill repute

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 4
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Book I 3
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38

1372b21
1372b22

Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15

1376a30
Book II 1
Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15

1384b13
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33

1230a24

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀδοξέω, A. to be held in no esteem, be in ill repute, ἀδοξοῦντες, opp. οἱ δοκοῦντες, E. Hec. 294, cf. D. 19.103; opp. εὐδοκιμεῖν, Arist. Rh. 1372b22. II. trans., hold in no esteem, in contempt, τινά J. BJ 1.26.2, al., cf. Plu. Luc. 14:—hence in Pass., αἱ βαναυσικαὶ [τέχναι] . . ἀδοξοῦνται πρὸς τῶν πόλεων X. Oec. 4.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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