αἴτησις

aitesis

request, demand

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Topics 2
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Book VIII 2
Chapter 13 162b31–163a28

163a2
163a21
De Interpretatione 1
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Chapter 11 20b12–21a33

20b22
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34

1405a18
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 6 168a17–169a21

168b26

Dictionary (LSJ)

αἴτησις, εως, ἡ, A. request, demand, Hdt. 7.32, Antipho 5.4, POxy. 1024.20 (ii A. D.); ἡ ἐρώτησις ἀποκρίσεώς ἐστιν αἴ. Arist. Int. 20b22.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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