ἄθετος
athetos
without position
Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄθετος, ον, (τίθημι) A. without position or place, μονὰς οὐσία ἄ., στιγμὴ δὲ οὐσία θετός AP 0.87a36, cf. Metaph. 1016b25, 1084b27, Pr. 22. 2. not in its place, i.e. lying about, πλίνθος, λίθος, IG 1.322i10,22. 3. not adopted, 39, Oxy. 9iv16. II. wasted, useless, χρόνος 18.9.10; unfit, to be rejected, πρός τι 11.15: c. dat., ῥευματισμοῖς, σπληνικοῖς, 1.128, 2.70.6; of persons, incompetent, 2.64.12 (ii A. D.). Adv. -τως, = ἀθέσμως, lawlessly, despotically, Pr. 150 (lyr.); unsuitably, ἔχειν πρός τι 2.715b, Ven. 2.3.
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