ἐπιτήδευμα

epitedeuma

pursuit, business, custom

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 5
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Book IV 1
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35

1125a26
Book X 4
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23

1179b35
1180a16
1180a26
1180b3
Rhetoric 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1399b11
Book III 1
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3

1415b30
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10

1333a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιτήδευμα, Cret. ἐπιτάδουμα (SIG 721.12 (Delos (decree of Cnossus), ii B.C.)), ατος, τό, A. pursuit, business, custom, τὰ ἐ. τῆς χώρας Th. 1.138, cf. 6.15 ; μάθημα ἢ ἐ. Pl. La. 180a ; πρὸς τίνα τέχνην ἢ τί ἐ. ; Id. R. 455a, cf. Euthd. 275b ; ἀρετὴ κάλλιστον τῶν ἐ. Isoc. 10.54 ; τὰ καθʼ ἡμέραν ἐ. everyday habits, Th. 2.37, cf. Antipho 3.2.10, etc.; ἐ. πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἄλογον καὶ ἐς τὰ ἡμέτερα ἀξύμφορον Th. 1.32 ; ἐπιτηδεύματα ἀρετῆς, καπηλείας, practice of.., Pl. Lg. 711b,918a. 2. habit of life, Hp. Epid. 1.23 : pl., ways of living, Pl. Phdr. 233d, Lg. 793d.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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