ἁμαρτία
hamartia
a failure, fault
Appears 41 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἁμαρτία, ἡ, A. a failure, fault, τῶνδʼ ἁ. δόμων Ag. 1197, etc.; οὐ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ ἁμαρτίᾳ χρῆσθαι 4.3.4; ἁ. δόξης error of judgement, 1.32. 2. in Philos. and Religion, guilt, sin, Lg. 660c, al., EN 1148a3, al., Ge. 18.20, al., Ev.Jo. 8.46,al.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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