ἠθικός
ethikos
moral
Appears 83 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἠθικός, ή, όν, (ἦθος ΙΙ) A. moral, opp. διανοητικός, EN 1103a5, al.; τὰ ἠθικά a treatise on morals, Pol. 1295a36, cf. 4a; οἱ ἠ. λόγοι Herc. 1251.13; τὸ ἠ. φιλοσοφίας, opp. φυσικόν, διαλεκτικόν, Prooem. 18; ἡ ἠ. φιλοσοφία 1.1.18; ἡ ἠ. alone, 1.370. II. showing moral character, expressive thereof, λέξις Rh. 1408a11; πῶς . . τοὺς λόγους ἠ. ποιητέον ib.1391b22, cf. 1395b13; ἠ. τραγῳδία Po. 1456a1; ἡ Ἰλιὰς παθητικόν, ἡ δὲ Ὀδύσσεια ἠ. ib.1459b15; ἠ. μέλη, ἁρμονίαι, Pol. 1341b34, 1342a3 (Sup.); οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ αὐλὸς ἠθικόν, ἀλλὰ . . ὀργιαστικόν ib.1341a21; ἠ. γραφεύς, ἀγαλματοποιός, ib.1340a38; ἠθικὴ ἡ ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς the expression of character by the eyes, Gym. 25. Adv. -κῶς, λεκτέον (opp. ἀποδεικτικῶς) Rh. 1418a39; ἠ. μειδιάσας laughing expressively, Brut. 51; ἐπικροτεῖν τὸ μετακάρπιον 1.27; in character, Eloc. 216; naturally, ib.297. 2. tactful, 2.73f (Comp.). Adv. -κῶς Alex. 52.
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