εὐστοχία

eustochia

skill in shooting at a mark, good aim

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book VI 4
Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33

1142a33
1142b2
1142b3
1142b6
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 34 89b10–20

89b10

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐστοχία, Ep. εὐστοχίη, ἡ, A. skill in shooting at a mark, good aim, ἐπὶ τόξων εὐστοχίᾳ γάνυται E. IT 1239 (lyr.), cf. Call. Dian. 217, Pancrat. Oxy. 1085.8; χερὸς εὐ., periphr. for a bow, E. Tr. 812 (lyr.): in later Prose, D.S. 5.18: pl., Id. 3.25: metaph., εὐ. καιροῦ Plu. 2.74d. II. metaph., sagacity, shrewdness, Arist. EN 1142b2, Plb. 18.33.7; χειρῶν εὐ., of artists, D.H. Comp. 25, cf. APl. 16.310 (Damocharis), etc.; εὐ. μνήμης Ph. Fr. 11 H.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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