ἄφοβος

aphobos

without fear

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Eudemian Ethics 4
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Book III 4
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33

1228b4
1228b16
1228b26
1229a4
Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book III 3
Chapter 6 1115a6–1115b6

1115a16
1115a19

Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28

1117a19
History of Animals 2
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

590b26
Book IX 1
Chapter 32 618b18–619b12

618b30
De Anima 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 421a7–422a7

421a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄφοβος, ον, A. without fear, and so: 1. fearless, intrepid, Pi. I. 5(4).40, S. OC 1325, etc.; πρὸς ἐρημίαν, περὶ τοῦ μέλλοντος, Plu. Lyc. 16, Galb. 23: c. gen., having no fear of, τῶν ἀρχόντων D.Chr. 2.52; τὸ ἄφοβον, = ἀφοβία, Pl. La. 197b. Adv. -βως X. Hier. 7.10, Pl. Lg. 682c, PTeb. 24.74(ii B. C.). 2. causing no fear, free from fear, A. Pr. 902; λόγος οὐκ ἄ. εἰπεῖν Pl. Lg. 797a. 3. ἄ. θῆρες, in S. Aj. 366, is an oxymoron, beasts which fear not men or which no one fears, tame beasts, cattle.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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