ἄφιλος

aphilos

friendless

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1101a22–1101b9

1101a23
Book IX 1
Chapter 10 1170b20–1171a20

1170b22
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38

1373a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄφιλος, ον, of persons, A. friendless, A. Ch. 295, S. El. 819, Pl. Lg. 730c, R. 580a; ἄ. ἔρημον ἄπολιν S. Ph. 1018; ἄκλαυτος ἄ. Id. Ant. 876 (lyr.): c. gen., ἄ. φίλων E. Hel. 524 (lyr.); τὸ ἄ. Ph. 2.662. II. of persons and things, unfriendly, hateful, A. Th. 522, S. OC 186; ἄφιλα παρʼ ἀφίλοις ἔπεσε . . Ἀτρείδαις Id. Aj. 620; λίαν ἄφιλον φαίνεται Arist. EN 1101a23; unsociable, γῆρας S. OC 1237: perh., c. gen., hostile to, ἀσφαλείας Phld. Lib.p.36O.; τὸ λαθραιοπραγεῖν -ώτατον ib.p.20 O., cf. Carneisc. Herc. 1027.16. Adv. -λως in unfriendly manner, A. Ag. 805.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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