εὐτράπελος

eutrapelos

easily turning

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 8
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10

1108a24
Book IV 3
Chapter 8 1127b33–1128b9

1128a10
1128a15
1128a33
Book VIII 3
Chapter 3 1156a6–1156b32

1156a13

Chapter 4 1156b33–1157b4

1157a6

Chapter 6 1158a1–1158b10

1158a31
Book X 1
Chapter 6 1176a30–1177a11

1176b14
Eudemian Ethics 3
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Book III 2
Chapter 7 1233b16–1234b14

1234a4
1234a11
Book VII 1
Chapter 5 1239b3–1240a4

1240a2
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27

1390a22

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐτράπελος, ον, (τρέπω) A. easily turning or changing, of the Athenians, Ael. VH 5.13; nimble, of apes, Id. NA 5.26; in earlier Gr. always metaph., λόγος εὐ. a dexterous, ready plea, Ar. V. 469 (lyr.). Adv. -λως dexterously, readily, without awkwardness, Th. 2.41. 2. of persons, ready with an answer or repartee, witty, Arist. EN 1108a24, 1128a10; εὐ. παρὰ τὰς συνουσίας Plb. 23.5.7; τίτθη εὐ. Jul. Or. 7.227a: Sup., Plb. 9.23.3. b. in bad sense, jesting, ribald, Isoc. 7.49; εὐτράπελόν ἐστι c. acc. et inf., it is ludicrous that . . , Plu. 2.1062b. 3. tricky, dishonest, v.l. in Pi. P. 4.105; εὐ. κέρδη time-serving arts, of flatterers, ib.1.92.

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