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ἀπειρία

apeiria

want of skill, inexperience, ignorance

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπειρία (A), ἡ, (ἄπειρος A) opp. ἐμπειρία, A. want of skill, inexperience, ignorance, Hp. Lex 4, Th. 1.80; ἐμπειρία τε τῆς ἀπειρίας κρατεῖ E. Fr. 619; ἡ μὲν ἐμπειρία τέχνην ἐποίησεν ἡ δʼ ἀπειρία τύχην Polus ap. Arist. Metaph. 981a5; ὑπὸ ἀπειρίας Pl. Tht. 167b; διʼ ἀπειρίαν Id. Grg. 518d. 2. c. gen. rei, τοῦ θανεῖν E. Fr. 816.10; ἀ. μέθης want of skill to carry it discreetly, Antipho 4.3.2; ἀ. ἔργου And. 3.2; μουσικῆς ἀπειρίᾳ Philetaer. 18; διʼ ἀπειρίαν τοῦ ἐρωτᾶν καὶ ἀποκρίνεσθαι Pl. R. 487b; ἀπειρείῃσι νόοιο (sic) Epigr.Gr. 1078.5 (Adana).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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