ἄπληστος

aplestos

insatiate, greedy

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18

1119b8
History of Animals 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

591b2
Politics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21

1267b1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄπληστος, ον, A. insatiate, greedy, Thgn. 109, S. El. 1336, Arist. HA 591b2, etc.; sts. confounded with ἄπλαστος (i.e. ἄπλατος), q.v. 2. c. gen., ἄ. χρημάτων, αἵματος, Hdt. 1.187, 212, Pl. Lg. 773e, etc.; κακῶν A. Eu. 976 (lyr.). II. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν Pl. Grg. 493c, al.; ἀ. διακεῖσθαι or ἔχειν πρός τι X. Cyr. 4.1.14, Isoc. 5.135,8.7: also neut. pl. as Adv., αἰάξας ἄπληστα CIG 2240 (Chios).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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