ἀγχίνοια

agchinoia

ready wit, sagacity, shrewdness

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book VI 2
Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33

1142b5
1142b6
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2
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Chapter 4 1250a33–1250b5

1250a36
1250a39
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 34 89b10–20

89b10
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 1362a15–1363b4

1362b24

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγχίνοια, ἡ, (νοέω) A. ready wit, sagacity, shrewdness, Pl. Chrm. 160a, Arist. EN 1142b6, AP 0.89b10, Zeno Stoic. 1.56, Onos. Praef. 9, D.S. 1.65, etc.; ἀ. αὐλική Plb. 15.34.4.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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