αὐθάδης

authades

self-willed, stubborn

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30

1232a24

Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1233b36
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

811b35
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1367a38

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐθάδης, ες, A. self-willed, stubborn, ἦσάν τε αὐθαδέστεροι Hdt. 6.92; τὰς ὀργὰς αὐ. Hp. Aër. 24, cf. Arist. Rh. 1367a37; surly, Thphr. Char. 15.1; αὐθάδη φρονῶν A. Pr. 907; of a dog, X. Cyn. 6.25. 2. metaph. of things, remorseless, σφηνὸς γνάθος αὐ. A. Pr. 64. 3. Adv.-δως Ar. Ra. 1020, POxy. 1242.41: Comp. -έστερον Pl. Ap. 34c; cf. αὐτώδης. (From αὐτο-ἁδης, cf. Arist. MM 1192b33.)

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