δεινότης

deinotes

terribleness

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book VI 3
Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36

1144a23

Chapter 13 1144b1–1145a11

1144b2
1144b15
Book VII 1
Chapter 10 1152a6–36

1152a11

Dictionary (LSJ)

δεινότης, ητος, ἡ, A. terribleness, Th. 3.59,4.10; harshness, severity, νόμων Id. 3.46. II. cleverness, shrewdness, D. 18.144, Arist. EN 1144a23; opp. ἀλήθεια, Antipho 5.5; esp. in an orator, Th. 3.37, D. 18.242,277; ἡ ἐν τοῖς λόγοις δ. Isoc. 1.4; δεινότητα λόγου ἐπιδείκνυσθαι Plu. Pomp. 77. III. Rhet., intensity, forcefulness, D.H. Comp. 18, Th. 53, al., Longin. 34.4, Hermog. Id. 2.9, al.: pl., Demetr. Eloc. 243.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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