ἀΐδιος
aidios
everlasting, eternal
Appears 229 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀΐδιος [ᾱῐδ], ον, also η, ον, H. 10.21, al., (ἀεί):—A. everlasting, eternal, 29.3, Sc. 310; freq. in Prose, χρόνος 1.21; ἔχθρα 4.20; οἴκησις, of a tomb, Ages. 11.16; ἡ ἀ. οὐσία eternity, Ti. 37e; ἀ. στρατηγία, ἀρχή, βασιλεία, perpetual . . , Pol. 1285a7, 1317b41, 1301b27; ἀ. βασιλεῖς, γέροντες, ib.1284b33, 1306a17; τὰ ἀ., opp. τὰ γενητά and φθαρτά, Metaph. 1069a32, EN 1139b23, al.; ἐς ἀΐδιον for ever, 4.63; ad infinitum, PA 640a6; ἐξ ἀϊδίου 2.1.3: Comp. -ώτερος Cael. 284a17:—ἀ. is dist. fr. αἰώνιος as everlasting from timeless, in Mete. 146.16; but dist. fr. ἀείζωος as eternal (without beginning or end) from everliving, 8.2. Adv. -ίως Mi. 7.18, Comm.Math. 1, in CA 1p.419M.
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