ἄσχολος

ascholos

without leisure, engaged, busy

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 5
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Book V 3
Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36

1305a20

Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10

1313b20
1313b28
Book VI 1
Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29

1318b12
Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23

1337b14
Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book X 3
Chapter 7 1177a12–1178a8

1177b8
1177b12
1177b17
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 283b26–284b5

284a31

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄσχολος, ον, (σχολή) of persons, A. without leisure, engaged, busy,Pl. Lg. 832b, D. 3.27; ἄ. συγγόνου προσεδρίᾳ E. Or. 93; ἄ. ἐς σοφίην busily engaged upon (or, with no leisure for) . . , Hdt. 4.77; ἄ. περί τι busy about . . , Plu. Tim. 12; πρὸς τοῖς ἔργοις Arist. Pol. 1305a20: c. inf., having no time to . . , Pi. P. 8.29; ἄσχολοί εἰσιν ἐπιβουλεύειν Arist. Pol. 1313b20; ἄ. ὥστε μὴ ἐκκλησιάζειν ib.1318b12. Adv. -λως, ἔχειν D. 33.25; πρός τι Aristid. Or. 23 (42).61. II. of actions, etc., πάντα χρόνον ἄ. ποιεῖν fully occupied, Pl. Lg. 831c; ἄ. πράξεις not leisured, Arist. EN 1177b8; κίνησις ἄ. unresting, Id. Cael. 284a31.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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