ἀμυντικός

amyntikos

prompt to repel affront

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488b8
488b9
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10

1126a7
Oeconomica 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 3 1343b7–1344a7

1344a1
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 682a35–683b3

683a21

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀμυντικός, ή, όν, A. prompt to repel affront or attack, Arist. EN 1126a7; of animals, opp. φυλακτικά, HA 488b8; τὸ ἀ. ὄργανον PA 683a21; αἱ ἀ. ὁρμαί Plu. 2.457c. Adv. -κῶς Procl. in Prm.p.555 S., Simp. in Epict.p.41 D. 2. fit for keeping off: ἡ -τικὴ χειμώνων Pl. Plt. 280e.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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