ἐπιθυμητικός
epithymetikos
desiring, coveting
Appears 30 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιθυμητικός (hyperdor. ἐπιθῡμ-ᾱτικός ap. 4.7.62), ή, όν, A. desiring, coveting, lusting after, τινός R. 475b, al.; τὸ ἐ. that part of the soul which is the seat of the desires and affections, ib.439e, EN 1102b30, etc. Adv. -κῶς, ἔχειν τινός, = ἐπιθυμεῖν, Hell.Oxy. 16.4, Phd. 108a, 15.244, 8.1; ἐ. διακεῖσθαι 23.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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