εὐνομία

eunomia

good order

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 6
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Book III 1
Chapter 9 1280a7–1281a10

1280b6
Book IV 2
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29

1294a3
1294a4
Book V 1
Chapter 7 1306b22–1307b25

1307a1
Book VII 2
Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25

1326a30

Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19

1327a15
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25

1216b18
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14

1112b14

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐνομία, Ep. and Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. good order, ἀνθρώπων ὕβριν τε καὶ εὐνομίην ἐφορῶντες Od. 17.487; ἐν εὐ. εἶναι Xenoph. 2.19; μετέβαλον ὧδε ἐς εὐ. Hdt. 1.65, cf. 2.124: pl., εὐνομίῃσι πόλιν κάτα . . κοιρανέουσʼ h.Hom. 30.11, cf. Pl. Sph. 216b; ἀπόλεμος εὐ. Pi. P. 5.67, cf. AP 6.195 (Arch.); Καίσαρος εὐ. ib.236 (Phil.); εὐνομίαν διὰ τῆς μουσικῆς εἰσδέχεσθαι Pl. R. 425a; οὐκ ἔστι εὐνομία τὸ εὖ κεῖσθαι τοὺς νόμους, μὴ πείθεσθαι δέ Arist. Pol. 1294a3, cf. 1280b6, Pl. Def. 413e; οἱ ἐπὶ τῆς εὐνομίας, title of officials in Crete, GDI 5075.35 (Latos). 2. loyalty to divine law, εὐνομίᾳ σέβων μεγίστᾳ S. Aj. 713 (lyr.). 3. personified as daughter of Themis, Hes. Th. 902, cf. Pi. O. 9.16, 13.6, B. 12.186, D. 25.11, Lyr.Adesp. 140.6, IG 2.1598; title of a poem by Tyrtaeus, cf. Arist. Pol. 1307a1, Str. 8.4.10. 4. observance of the laws of art, εὐ. μουσική Longus 2.35. II. (εὔνομος II) diligence in foraging: metaph., of bees, Philostr. Im. 2.2; regularity in pasturing, of sheep, Longus 1.5.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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