ἐπίβουλος

epiboulos

plotting against

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book VII 3
Chapter 6 1149a24–1150a8

1149b13
1149b14

Chapter 10 1152a6–36

1152a18
History of Animals 3
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Book I 2
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28

488b16
488b18
Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

608b4
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1367a35
Book II 1
Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20

1395a30
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

811a17

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίβουλος, ον, A. plotting against, τοῖς καλοῖς Pl. Smp. 203d: abs., treacherous, νόσοι A. Supp. 587 (lyr.); of persons, X. Cyr. 1.6.27, Thphr. Char. 1.7; [θηρίον] (i.e. παῖς) Pl. Lg. 808d; δεινὸς καὶ ἐ. a deep designing fellow, Lys. Fr. 75.2; γένος Diph. 66.4; πίθηκον, ἐ. κακόν Eub. 115; ζῷα ἐ. Arist. HA 488b16, 18; τὰ ἐ. τῶν ἀνθρώπων creatures which prey on man, Plu. 2.727f; τὰ ἐ. τῆς ψυχῆς Porph. Antr. 34; ἐ. ἀνέμων PMag.Leid.V. 7.22: Comp. -ότερον, ζῷον Pl. Tht. 174d: Sup. -ότατος D.Chr. 10.7. Adv. -λως, γίγνεσθαι D.H. 11.49, cf. Plu. 2.715b, etc.; πράσσειν J. AJ 17.5.7.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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