ἀμέλεια

ameleia

indifference, negligence

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3

1370a15
Book II 2
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9

1379b35
1379b36
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16

1225b14
1225b15
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 5 1113b3–1115a5

1114a1
1114a25
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251a22

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμέλεια, ἡ, A. indifference, negligence, Th. 1.122, 5.38, etc.; θεῶν towards the gods, Pl. Lg. 905b, cf. ib.903a: also in pl., negligences, Id. R. 443a, Arist. Rh. 1370a15.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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