ἐπιθυμία
epithymia
desire, yearning
Appears 189 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Nicomachean Ethics 54 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1103a14–1103b25
Chapter 5 1105b19–1106a13
Book III 19 ▸
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28
Chapter 11 1118b8–1119a20
Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18
Book V 1 ▸
Book VII 29 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20
Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14
Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35
Book IX 1 ▸
Book X 2 ▸
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29
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Eudemian Ethics 43 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book II 27 ▸
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20
Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11
Book III 4 ▸
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14
Book VII 6 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33
Book VIII 5 ▸
Chapter 1 1246a26–1246b36
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Rhetoric 28 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 16 ▸
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Book II 11 ▸
Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12
Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27
Chapter 14 1390a28–1390b13
Chapter 19 1392a8–1393a22
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19
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Topics 14 ▸
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De Anima 11 ▸
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Politics 8 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18
Book II 4 ▸
Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
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History of Animals 5 ▸
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Parts of Animals 5 ▸
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Movement of Animals 4 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 4 ▸
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Generation of Animals 3 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 3 ▸
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Prior Analytics 2 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 2 ▸
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On Dreams 1 ▸
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Metaphysics 1 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐπιθυμία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. desire, yearning, ἐ. ἐκτελέσαι Hdt. 1.32; ἐπιθυμίᾳ by passion, opp. προνοίᾳ, Th. 6.13: generally, appetite, Pl. Cra. 419d, etc.; αἱ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα ἐ. Id. Phd. 82c; esp. sexual desire, lust, Democr. 234 (pl.), Pl. Phdr. 232b, etc.; αἱ πρὸς τοὺς παῖδας ἐ. X. Lac. 2.14. 2. c. gen., longing after a thing, desire of or for it, ὕδατος, τοῦ πιεῖν, Th. 2.52, 7.84, etc.; τοῦ πλέονος Democr. 224; τῆς τιμωρίας Antipho 2.1.7; τῆς μεθʼ ὑμῶν πολιτείας And. 2.10; τῆς παρθενίας Pl. Cra. 406b; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἐλθεῖν Id. Criti. 113d; ἐν ἐ. τινὸς εἶναι Id. Prt. 318a, Tht. 143e; γεγονέναι Id. Lg. 841c; εἰς ἐ. τινὸς ἀφικέσθαι θεάσασθαι Id. Ti. 19b; ἐ. τινὸς ἐμβαλεῖν τινί X. Cyr. 1.1.5; ἐ. ἐμποιεῖν ἔς τινα an inclination towards . ., Th. 4.81. II. = ἐπιθύμημα, object of desire, ἐπιθυμίας τυχεῖν Thales ap.Stob. 3.1.172, cf. Lync. ap. Ath. 7.295a; ἀνδρὸς ἐ., of woman, Secund. Sent. 8; πενήτων ἐ., of sleep, prob. in ib.13.
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