ἕνεκα
heneka
on account of
Appears 565 times across Aristotle's works.
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Physics 86 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 71 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 1 ▸
Book II 5 ▸
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26
Book III 9 ▸
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28
Chapter 9 1117a29–1117b22
Book IV 17 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35
Chapter 6 1126b11–1127a12
Chapter 7 1127a13–1127b32
Book V 7 ▸
Book VI 11 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13
Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30
Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17
Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36
Chapter 13 1144b1–1145a11
Book VII 4 ▸
Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28
Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35
Book VIII 6 ▸
Chapter 7 1158b11–1159a11
Chapter 9 1159b25–1160a30
Book IX 7 ▸
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21
Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27
Book X 4 ▸
Chapter 6 1176a30–1177a11
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Parts of Animals 67 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 56 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 9 ▸
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25
Book II 24 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11
Chapter 11 1227b12–1228a19
Book III 3 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Book VII 12 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
Book VIII 8 ▸
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Metaphysics 53 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 13 ▸
Book α 7 ▸
Book Β 5 ▸
Book Γ 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1011b23–1012a28
Book Δ 7 ▸
Chapter 1 1012b34–1013a23
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25
Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3
Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1027a29–1027b16
Book Ζ 1 ▸
Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33
Book Η 3 ▸
Chapter 4 1044a15–1044b20
Book Θ 3 ▸
Chapter 6 1048a25–1048b36
Book Κ 3 ▸
Book Λ 6 ▸
Chapter 7 1072a19–1073a13
Chapter 8 1073a14–1074b14
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4
Book Μ 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1086b14–1087a25
Book Ν 2 ▸
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Rhetoric 50 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 25 ▸
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 16 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10
Chapter 16 1390b32–1391a19
Chapter 19 1392a8–1393a22
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Book III 9 ▸
Chapter 5 1407a19–1407b25
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30
Chapter 13 1414a31–1414b18
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20
Chapter 18 1418b40–1419b9
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Generation of Animals 42 ▸
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Politics 39 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 9 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Book III 4 ▸
Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29
Book V 2 ▸
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10
Book VII 14 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32
Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
Book VIII 8 ▸
Chapter 2 1337a33–1337b23
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19
Chapter 7 1341b15–1342b34
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De Anima 20 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 19 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 11 ▸
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On the Heavens 7 ▸
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Topics 7 ▸
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History of Animals 6 ▸
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Oeconomica 6 ▸
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Movement of Animals 5 ▸
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On Sleep 4 ▸
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Meteorology 3 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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Poetics 2 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 2 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 2 ▸
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Prior Analytics 1 ▸
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Progression of Animals 1 ▸
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Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἕνεκα, Il. 1.110, etc., or ἕνεκεν (twice in Hom., Od. 17.288,310, rare in Trag., as E. Med. 999 (lyr.), and early Prose, Th. 6.2, X. HG 2.1.14, Pl. Smp. 210e; in Com., Men. Epit. 330; twice in fourth-cent. Att. Inscrr., IG 2.987A2, 611b13, but prevalent in later Inscrr., cf. SIG 577.7 (Milet., iii/ii B.C.); in late Prose, Sch.Pi. O. 7.10), Ep., Ion., and poet. εἵνεκα (also in Pl., Lg. 778d, al.), or εἵνεκεν (both forms in Hdt. and Hp. and not uncommon in codd. of later writers; εἵνεκεν B. 12.136, Pi. I. 8(7).35 codd.; εἵνεκε Aret. CA 1.2, f.l. in Hdt. 7.133): ἕνεκε SIG 333.14 (Samos, iv B.C.), Supp.Epigr. 1.351.10 (ibid.), CIG 3655.18 (Cyzicus, iii/ii B.C.): Aeol. ἔννεκα Alc. Supp. 9.1, IG 12(2).258.8 (Lesbos, i A.D.), but ἔνεκα ib. 11(4).1064b32 (Delos), 12(1).645a38 (Nesus): late ἕνεκον JHS 37.108 (Lydia), etc.:—Α. Prep. with gen., usu. after its case; also before, Il. 1.94, B. 12.136, Hdt. 3.122, etc. When it follows its case, it is sometimes separated from it by several words, as in Hdt. 1.30, D. 20.88, etc. 1. on account of, Τρώων πόλιν . . ἧς εἵνεκʼ ὀϊζύομεν κακὰ πολλά Il. 14.89, etc.; ὕβριος εἵνεκα τῆσδε 1.214; τοῦδʼ ἕνεκα for this, ib.110; ὧν ἕ. wherefore, 20.21; τίνος ἕ. βλάβης; A. Fr. 181; παῖσαι ἄνδρας ἕνεκεν ἀταξίας X. An. 5.8.13; στεφανοῦσθαι ἀρετῆς ἕνεκα Aeschin. 3.10; for the sake of, τοῦ ἕ.; Pl. Prt. 310b; τῶν δὲ εἵνεκα, ὅκως . ., or ἵνα . ., Hdt. 8.35,40; κολακεύειν ἕ. μισθοῦ X. HG 5.1.17; διὰ νόσον ἕ. ὑγιείας by reason of sickness for the sake of health, Pl. Ly. 218e, cf. Smp. 185b; τὸ οὗ ἕ. the final cause, Arist. Ph. 194a27, Metaph. 983a31; τὸ οὗ ἕνεκεν Id. Ph. 243a3, Metaph. 1059a35. 2. as far as regards, ἐμοῦ γʼ ἕνεκα as far as depends on me, Ar. Ach. 386, D. 20.14; τοῦ φυλάσσοντος εἵνεκεν Hdt. 1.42; εἵνεκεν χρημάτων as for money, Id. 3.122, etc.; ἕνεκά γε φιλονικίας Pl. R. 548d, cf. 329b; ἐμπειρίας μὲν ἄρα ἕ. ib.582d; ὁμοῖοι τοῖς τυφλοῖς ἂν ἦμεν ἕνεκά γε τῶν ἡμετέρων ὀφθαλμῶν X. Mem. 4.3.3. 3. in consequence of, εἵνεκα τέχνας by force of art, AP 9.729. 4. pleon., ἀμφὶ σοὔνεκα S. Ph. 554 codd.; ὅσον ἀπὸ βοῆς ἕ. as far as shouting went, Th. 8.92, X. HG 2.4.31; τίνος χάριν ἕ.; Pl. Lg. 701d, cf.Plt. 302b. II. Conj., for οὕνεκα (q.v.), because, h.Ven. 199, Call. Aet. 3.1.6,Fr. 287. 2. εἵνεκεν, = ὁθούνεκα, that, Pi. I. 8(7).35 codd.
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