ἐθισμός

ethismos

accustoming, habituation

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 1097a15–1098b8

1098b4
Book III 1
Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18

1119a27
Book VII 1
Chapter 10 1152a6–36

1152a29
Politics 2
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Book VII 1
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11

1332b6
Book VIII 1
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19

1340a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐθισμός, ὁ, A. accustoming, habituation, Arist. EN 1098b4, al; τὰ κατʼ ἐθισμόν τινος LXX Ge. 31.35; πρός τι Hierocl. in CA 26p.479M.: pl., habits, Arist. Pol. 1331b6; usages, Posidipp. 25, Plb. 1.17.11; οἱ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐ. PTeb. 40.20 (ii B. C.); οἱ νόμοι καὶ οἱ ἐ. Phld. Piet. 102, cf. IG 22.1043.30 (i B. C.); οἱ πολύτροποι ἐ. τῶν λέξεων customary modes of speech, Epicur. Nat. 28.1, al.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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