αἱρετός
hairetos
that may be taken
Appears 228 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Topics 91 ▸
Open Topics › Book I 3 ▸
Book II 4 ▸
Book III 69 ▸
Book IV 2 ▸
Book V 3 ▸
Book VI 6 ▸
Book VII 4 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 42 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 7 ▸
Book III 3 ▸
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28
Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18
Book V 2 ▸
Chapter 3 1131a10–1131b24
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30
Book VII 3 ▸
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34
Book VIII 2 ▸
Chapter 8 1159a12–1159b24
Book IX 12 ▸
Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27
Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28
Chapter 12 1171b29–1172a15
Book X 12 ▸
Chapter 3 1173a13–1174a12
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20
Chapter 6 1176a30–1177a11
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Politics 42 ▸
Open Politics › Book II 5 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15
Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26
Book III 7 ▸
Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32
Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35
Chapter 18 1288a32–1288b6
Book IV 11 ▸
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26
Chapter 11 1295a25–1296b12
Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2
Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12
Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15
Book VI 3 ▸
Chapter 5 1319b30–1320b17
Book VII 14 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32
Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Book VIII 2 ▸
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
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Rhetoric 16 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 15 ▸
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
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Eudemian Ethics 14 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 2 ▸
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book II 3 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 11 1227b12–1228a19
Book VII 9 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
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Prior Analytics 11 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 5 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 3 ▸
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Metaphysics 2 ▸
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De Interpretatione 1 ▸
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Poetics 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
αἱρετός, ή, όν, A. that may be taken or conquered, δόλῳ Hdt. 4.201; to be understood, Pl. Phd. 81b. II. (αἱρέομαι) to be chosen, eligible, opp. φευκτός, Pl. Phlb. 21d sq., Arist. EN 1097a32, etc.: freq. in Comp. or Sup., Hdt. 1.126, 156, al.; ζόης πονηρᾶς θάνατος αἱρετώτερος A. Fr. 401. 2. chosen, elected, esp. opp. κληρωτός, Isoc. 12.154, Pl. Lg. 759b, Arist. Pol. 1294b9, cf. Pl. Lg. 915c, Aeschin. 3.13; αἱ. βασιλῆς Pl. Mx. 238d; τυραννίς Arist. Pol. 1285a31:—αἱ. ἄνδρες commissioners, Plu. Lyc. 26. οἱ αἱ. X. An. 1.3.21: = Lat.optiones, Lyd. Mag. 1.46. 3. that may be chosen, opp. αἱρετέος (q.v.), Chrysipp.Stoic. 3.22.
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