ἀηδής

aedes

distasteful, nauseous

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 4
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Book III 4
Chapter 8 1408b21–1409a21

1408b27

Chapter 9 1409a22–1410b5

1409a31
1409b4

Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2

1412b14
Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10

1108a30
Book IV 1
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35

1124b15
Book X 1
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29

1175b18
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14

1238a24
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 5 611a15–611b31

611b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀηδής, ές, (ἦδος) A. distasteful, nauseous, of food, drugs, etc., Hp. VM 10 (Comp.), Acut. 23,Pl. Lg. 660a, etc. 2. generally, unpleasant, οὐδέν οἱ ἀηδέστερον ἔσεσθαι Hdt. 7.101, cf. Pl. Lg. 893a, al.: freq. in Pl. of narration, ἀηδές or οὐκ ἀηδές ἐστι, Ap. 33c, 41b, Phd. 84d: Comp., Hdt. l.c.: Sup. -έστατος Pl. Lg. 663c, Phdr. 240b. II. of persons, disagreeable, odious, ἀπογηράσκων ἀ. γίγνεται Alex. 278, cf. D. 47.28, Arist. EN 1108a30, Thphr. Char. 20.1; τινί to one, Pl. Phd. 91b, Phld. Ir. p.51 W. III. Adv.-δῶς unpleasantly, ζῆν Pl. Prt. 351b; ἀ. ἔχειν τινί to be on bad terms with one, D. 20.142, cf. 37.11; ἀ. διακεῖσθαι, διατεθῆναι, πρός τινα, Lys. 16.2, Isoc. 12.19. 2. without pleasure to oneself, unwillingly, πίνειν, ἀκούειν, X. Cyr. 1.2.11, Isoc. 12.62; οὐκ ἀ. Pl Prt. 335c.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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