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δέησις

deesis

entreaty

Appears 41 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δέησις, εως, ἡ, A. entreaty, Lys. 2.15 (pl.), Isoc. 8.138 (pl.), Pl. Ep. 329d (pl.), etc.; δέομαι δʼ ὑμῶν . . δικαίαν δέησιν D. 29.4; δεήσεις ποιεῖσθαι Ev.Luc. 5.33, cf. Wilcken Chr. 41 ii 12 (iii A.D.). 2. written petition, CPHerm. 6.10, J. BJ 7.5.2, Ph. 2.586, PGen. 16.10 (iii A.D.). II. want, need, Antipho Soph. 11; ἐν ἐπιθυμίαις τε καὶ δεήσεσιν Pl. Erx. 405e; κατὰ τὰς δεήσεις according to their needs, Arist. Pol. 1257a23; δεήσεις εἰσὶν αἱ ὀρέξεις Id. Rh. 1385a22.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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