ἔκστασις

ekstasis

displacement

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physics 4
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Book VI 1
Chapter 10 240b8–241b20

241b2
Book VII 3
Chapter 3 245b3–248a9

246a17
246b2
247a3
Categories 2
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Chapter 8 8b25–11a39

10a1
10a3
Generation of Animals 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 3 767a36–769b29

768a26
768a27
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 286a3–286b9

286a19
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 3 405b31–407b26

406b13
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 4 808b11–809a25

808b34
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14

1361a37

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔκστασις, εως, ἡ, (ἐξίστημι) A. displacement, ἄρθρων Hp. Art. 56 ; πᾶσα κίνησις ἔ. ἐστι τοῦ κινουμένου Arist. de An. 406b13 : hence, change, εἰς ἀντικείμενα Id. GA 768a27 ; αἱ κακίαι ἐ. Id. Ph. 247a3 ; ἔ. ἐστιν ἐν τῇ γενέσει τὸ παρὰ φύσιν τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν Id. Cael. 286a19 ; ἔ. τῆς φύσεως degeneracy, Thphr. CP 3.1.6 ; opp. στάσις, Plot. 6.3.2 ; movement outwards, ἔ. ἀπὸ τοῦ παράγοντος Dam. Pr. 97 bis ; ἔ. εἰς τὸ ἔξω ib.401 ; [σῶμα] ἐν ἐκστάσει λαβὸν τὴν ὑπόστασιν Porph. Sent. 36 ; differentiation, ἔ. καὶ πιῆθος Plot. 6.7.17 ; αἱ εἰς πλῆθος ἐ. Procl. in Ti. 2.203 D. II. standing aside, Arist. Rh. 1361a37 (pl.). b. = Lat. cessio bonorum, CPR 20ii9 (iii A.D.) ; ἔ. χρημάτων Porph. Abst. 1.53 ; a tax on cessions, BGU 914.6 (ii A.D.), PLond. 2.305.2 (PTeb.ii p.184). 2. distraction of mind, from terror, astonishment, anger, etc., Hp. Aph. 7.5, Prorrh. 2.9 ; ἔ. σιγῶσα Id. Coac. 65 ; ἔ. μανική Arist. Cat. 10a1 ; ἔ. τῶν λογισμῶν Plu. Sol. 8 ; νοῦ Plot. 5.3.7 ; τὰ μηδὲ προσδοκώμενʼ ἔκστασιν φέρει Men. 149, cf. Epit. 472, Epicur. Fr. 113 ; εἰς ἔ. ἄγειν Longin. 1.4. 3. entrancement, astonishment, Ev.Luc. 5.26, Ev.Marc. 5.42. 4. trance, Act.Ap. 10.10, 22.17 ; ecstasy, Plot. 6.9.11 ; ἔ. καὶ μανία Herm. in Phdr.p.103A. b. drunken excitement, Corn. ND 30.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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