ἀσύνετος

asynetos

void of understanding, witless

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book VII 2
Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28

1151a9
1151a10
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 1407a19–1407b25

1407b17

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀσύνετος, Att. ἀξ-, ον, A. void of understanding, witless, Hp. Fract. 31: Comp., Hdt. 3.81, E. Or. 493, Th. 1.142; φρὴν ἀ. Ar. Av. 456; τί τάδʼ ἀσύνετα; what folly is this? E. Hel. 352 (lyr.). Adv. -τως Plu. 2.141b. 2. c. gen., not able to understand, λόγου Heraclit. 1, cf. Plu. 2.713b, Jul. Or. 7.218b. II. not to be understood, unintelligible, E. Ion 1205, Ph. 1731. Adv. -τως Hipparch. 1.8.11.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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