ἀπονία

aponia

non-exertion, laziness

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 6 774b5–775b24

775a37
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3

1370a15
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 6 1250b19–1251a18

1251a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπονία, ἡ, (ἄπονος) A. non-exertion, laziness, X. Cyr. 2.2.25, Arist. Rh. 1370a14(pl.); exemption from toil, of women, Id. GA 775a37, cf. Plu. Rom. 6. II. freedom from pain, Epicur. Fr. 2, Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.33, Dsc. Eup. 1.67, Aret. SA 2.1, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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