ἀδυναμία
adynamia
want of strength, debility
Appears 47 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀδυναμία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. want of strength, debility, VM 10: pl., ib.19, 2.791d; of medicine, want of strength, HP 9.18.4. 2. generally, inability, incapacity, 8.111, Metaph. 1019b15, etc.; ἡ τοῦ λέγειν ἀ. 5.2, cf. Lg. 646b, etc.: pl., 3 Ma. 2.13: c. gen., ἀ. τοῦ ἀδικεῖν for wrongdoing, R. 359b; τῶν πραγμάτων for political action, Pol. 1314a23; [ψυχῆς] Stoic. 3.23: c. inf., R. 532b. 3. poverty, lack of resources, Oec. 20.22, 19.186.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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