ἄσωτος

asotos

having no hope of safety, in desperate case

Appears 22 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 14
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Book II 3
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10

1107b12

Chapter 8 1108b11–1109a19

1108b22
1108b23
Book IV 10
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17

1119b32
1119b34
1120a1
1120b25
1120b25
1121a8
1121a18
1121a28
1121a30
1121b10
Book VII 1
Chapter 9 1151a29–1152a5

1151b7
Eudemian Ethics 7
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26

1221a33
Book III 6
Chapter 4 1231b27–1232a18

1231b31
1232a7
1232a9
1232a16

Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30

1232a24

Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1234b3
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1367b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄσωτος, ον, (σῴζω) A. having no hope of safety, in desperate case, Arist. Pr. 962b5. Adv. -τως, ἔχειν to be past recovery, Plu. 2.918d. II. in moral sense, abandoned, τᾶς ἀσώτου Σισυφιδᾶν γενεᾶς S. Aj. 189 (lyr.); spendthrift, Pl. Lg. 743b, Arist. EN 1107b12, 1120a1, al.: Sup., D.C. 67.6; profligate, Vett.Val. 18.2. Adv. -τως Theopomp.Hist. 217a, D. 40.58, Ev.Luc. 15.13: Comp. -ότερον D.C. 62.27. III. Act., ἄσωτος γένει bringing destruction on the race, A. Ag. 1597.

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