ἐναργής

enarges

visible, palpable, in bodily shape

Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 5
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Book I 2
Chapter 4 1095a14–1095b13

1095a22

Chapter 7 1097a15–1098b8

1097b23
Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1145b21–1146b7

1145b28
Book X 2
Chapter 3 1173a13–1174a12

1173a19

Chapter 8 1178a9–1179a32

1179a6
Physiognomonics 3
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

814b2
814b2
814b7
Poetics 3
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Chapter 17 1455a22–1455b23

1455a24
Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19

1462a17
1462a17
De Anima 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 402a1–403b19

403a19
Book III 1
Chapter 3 427a17–429a9

428a14
Parts of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 647b10–649b8

648a35
Book III 1
Chapter 7 669b13–670b31

669b29
Sense and Sensibilia 2
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Chapter 3 439a6–440b25

440a9
Chapter 4 440b26–442b26

440b30
Prior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 23 68b8–37

68b36
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 101 838b30–839a11

839a2

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐναργής, ές, A. visible, palpable, in bodily shape, esp. of the gods appearing in their own forms, χαλεποὶ δὲ θεοὶ φαίνεσθαι ἐναργεῖς Il. 20.131; οὐ γάρ πως πάντεσσι θεοὶ φαίνονται ἐναργεῖς Od. 16.161, cf. 3.420, 7.201; freq. of a dream or vision, ἐναργὲς ὄνειρον ἐπέσσυτο 4.841; [ὄναρ] A. Pers. 179, etc.; ὄψιν ἐνυπνίου τῷ ἑωυτοῦ πάθει ἐναργεστάτην most clearly relating to . . , Hdt. 5.55, cf. 7.47; ἐνύπνια Hp. Prorrh. 1.5; ἐ. ταῦρος in visible form a bull, a very bull, S. Tr. 11; ἐ. τινὰ στῆσαι to set him bodily before one, Id. OC 910; ἐ. βλεφάρων ἵμερος desire beaming from the eyes, Id. Ant. 795 (lyr.). b. prominent, ἄρθρα Aret. SD 1.8. 2. manifest to the mindʼs eye, τάδʼ ἀντίπρῳρα δή σοι βλέπειν πάρεστʼ ἐ. S. Tr. 224; λῃστὴς ἐ. the manifest robber, Id. OT 535, cf.Ant. 263; τοῖς ὁρῶσιν ἐ. ἡ ὕβρις φαίνεται D. 21.72. Adv. -γῶς visibly, manifestly, A. Th. 136, S. El. 878; ἐ. ἡ θεός σʼ ἐπισκοπεῖ Ar. Eq. 1173. 3. of words, etc., clear, distinct, ἐ. βάξις ἦλθεν A. Pr. 663; freq. in Prose, ἐ. τεκμήριον, σημεῖον, ἀπόδειξις, etc., Pl. Ion 535c, Ti. 72b (Comp.), D. 18.300, etc.; -εστέρα γνῶσις Pl. Tht. 206b, cf.Epicur. Ep. 3 p.60 U.; ἐναργ-εστάτη αἴσθησις Arist. Pr. 886b35; ἐ. τοῦ πράγματος ἐπίνοια Epicur. Fr. 255; καὶ τοῦτο ἐ. ὄτι . . (for δῆλον ὅτι) Pl. Tht. 150d; ἐναργὲς τοῦτο συμβαλεῖν Ar. V. 50. Adv. -γῶς, Ion. -γέως, λέγειν Hdt. 8.77; παραστῆσαι Acl.Tact. 1.5: Comp.-έστερον, εἰπεῖν, διόψεται, Pl. Ti. 49a, R. 611c: Sup. -έστατα, γνῶναι Id. Alc. 1.132c. II. brilliant, splendid, βωμός Pi. O. 7.42.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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