χαλεπότης

chalepotes

difficulty, ruggedness

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9

1130a18
Book VII 2
Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23

1149a6

Chapter 6 1149a24–1150a8

1149b7
History of Animals 2
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 588a16–589a9

588a22
Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

608a16
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 10 93b29–94a19

93b34
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 1231b5–26

1231b6
Metaphysics 1
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Book α 1
Chapter 1 993a30–993b31

993b7
Politics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274b17

Dictionary (LSJ)

χαλεπότης, ητος, ἡ, A. difficulty, ruggedness, τῶν χωρίων Th. 4.12,33: metaph. in pl., μεγάλας ἔχουσιν αἱ σύντομοι [ὁδοὶ] χαλεπότητας Jul. Or. 7.225c. 2. generally, difficulty, of understanding, Arist. APo. 93b34. II. mostly of persons, harshness, severity, opp. ῥᾳστώνη, Pl. Criti. 107c, Lg. 902c; ἡ τοῦ σοφιστοῦ χ. Id. Sph. 254a; τρόπων χ. Id. Lg. 929d; τῶν πολιτειῶν Isoc. 4.142; abs., Th. 1.84, Isoc. 2.24, etc.; of the Lacedaemonians, Id. 12.90; μετὰ χαλεπότητος ἀκροᾶσθαι Id. 15.20; of the laws of Draco, Arist. Pol. 1274b17: pl., opp. πραότητες, Isoc. 5.116. 2. ill-temper, vice, of a horse, X. Eq. 3.10.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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