αἰκία

aikia

insulting treatment, outrage

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38

1372a22
Book II 3
Chapter 8 1385b11–1386b7

1386a8

Chapter 16 1390b32–1391a19

1391a19

Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28

1402a19
Politics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36

1262a26
1262b30
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9

1131a8

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἰκία, ἡ, Att. for Ion. ἀεικίη (q.v.), A. insulting treatment, outrage, A. Pr. 179, S. El. 515 (lyr.), OC 748, etc. 2. torture, Plb. 1.80.8, cf. 24.9.13: pl., torments, A. Pr. 93, S. El. 486 (lyr.), And. 1.138, etc. 3. in Prose usu. law-term, assault, αἰκίας δίκη Pl. R. 425d, 464e; ἦν ὁ τῆς βλάβης ὑμῖν νόμος πάλαι, ἦν ὁ τῆς αἰ., ἦν ὁ τῆς ὕβρεως D. 21.35, cf. Lys. Fr. 44, etc. 4. generally, suffering, Th. 7.75. [Prob. misspelt for -εια (which is freq. v.l.); - - - in Poets.]

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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