ἐπίθετος

epithetos

additional

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 7
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Book III 7
Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34

1405a10
1405b20

Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19

1406a10
1406a19
1406a30

Chapter 6 1407b26–1408a9

1407b31

Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20

1408b11
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 1118b8–1119a20

1118b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίθετος, ον, A. additional, φυλαί D.H. 3.71; esp. at Athens, opp. πάτριος, relatively modern, ἑορταί Isoc. 7.29; τὰ ἐ., opp. τὰ πάτρια, the acquired powers of the Areopagus, Lys. Fr. 178 S., cf. Arist. Ath. 25.2, 3.3; so ἐ. ἐξουσία usurped authority, Plu. Cleom. 10: generally, adventitious, τὰ μὲν τῶν νόμων ἐπίθετα, τὰ δὲ τῆς φύσεως ἀναγκαῖα Antipho Soph. Oxy. 1364.25; ἐπιθυμίαι, opp. κοιναί, Arist. EN 1118b9; ἐ. τῇ φύσει κακά Men. 534.13. 2. fictitious, Thphr. HP 9.8.8; opp. ἀληθινός, D.H. 4.70, cf. 68. 3. of letters, entrusted for conveyance, Lys. Fr. 116S. II. ἐ. [ὄνομα] adjectival, D.T. 636.9, cf. Plu. Cor. 11. III. Subst. ἐπίθετον, τό, epithet, Arist. Rh. 1406a19, D.H. Comp. 5, A.D. Synt. 41.15; adjective, ib.81.24 (so Adv. -τως, λέγειν indicate by epithets, Str. 1.2.29, al.). 2. = ἐπίθημα 5, Aret. CA 1.1. 3. ἐπίθετος, ὁ, a throw of the dice, Eub. 57.4.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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