ἐπείσακτος

epeisaktos

brought in from outside

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 18 722a1–726a27

724b33

Chapter 23 730b33–731b14

731a17
Parts of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 16 658b27–660a13

659b19
Book III 1
Chapter 10 672b10–673a31

672b18
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 9 1169b3–1170b19

1169b26
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 82 836b13–26

836b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπείσακτος, ον, A. brought in from outside, opp. οἰκεῖος, [Ἔρως] διὰ τῶν ὀμμάτων Pl. Cra. 420b; alien, opp. αὐτόχθων, E. Ion 590; σῖτος D. 18.87, 20.31; τροφή Hdn. 8.5.4, cf. Ostr. 757.4 (ii B.C.); ἡδονή Arist. EN 1169b26; κακόν Com.Adesp. 110.5; γάμοι J. AJ 8.7.5; βασιλεύς Hdn. 1.5.5; θύραθεν ἐ., opp. φύσει ὑπάρχον, Arist. PA 659b19; εἰ ἐπείσακτον τὸ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἦν, καὶ μηδὲν αὐτοῦ φύσει ἡμῖν μετῆν Muson. Fr. 2p.6H.: fem. [ἐπει] σάνκτην (sic) is prob. l. in SIG 1231 (Nicomedia). 2. capable of import, Aristid. Or. 36(48).17,18.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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