ἕκτωρ

hektor

holding fast

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 4
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Book III 3
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28

1116a22
1116a25
1116a33
Book VII 1
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20

1145a20
Rhetoric 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34

1380b28

Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6

1396b15

Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1397b24
Eudemian Ethics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33

1230a18
1230a19
Poetics 2
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Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5

1460a15
Chapter 25 1460b6–1461b25

1460b26
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30

404a30
Metaphysics 1
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Book Γ 1
Chapter 5 1009a6–1011a2

1009b29

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἕκτωρ, ορος, ὁ, ἡ, (ἔχω, cf. Pl. Cra. 393a) A. holding fast, v.l.for ἕστωρ, Il. 24.272, cf. EM 383.25; epith. of Zeus, Sapph. 157; of anchors, ἕκτορες πλημμυρίδος Lyc. 100, cf. Luc. Lex. 15: as Subst.,= κροκύφαντος, hair-net, Leon. ap. Hsch.; also pl.,= πάσσαλοι ἐν ῥυμῷ, Id. II. Hom. only as pr. n. Hector, the prop or stay of Troy, οἶος γὰρ ἐρύετο Ἴλιον Ἕκτωρ Il. 6.403:—Adj. Ἑκτόρεος, α or η, ον, also ος, ον E. Rh. 1 (anap.):—of Hector, Hom., B. 12.154, etc.: also Ἑκτόρειος, ον, Anaxil. 38; κόμαι Lyc. 1133.

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