ἑταῖρος

hetairos

comrade, companion

Appears 20 times across Aristotle's works.

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Nicomachean Ethics 10
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Book VIII 5
Chapter 9 1159b25–1160a30

1159b32
1160a2
1160a5

Chapter 12 1161b11–1162a33

1161b35
1162a32
Book IX 5
Chapter 2 1164b22–1165a35

1164b26
1164b32
1164b33
1165a16
1165a29
Politics 3
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Book II 2
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25

1263b6

Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274a28
Book V 1
Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18

1303b23
Metaphysics 2
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Book Α 1
Chapter 4 984b23–985b22

985b4
Book Γ 1
Chapter 5 1009a6–1011a2

1009b26
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 79 836a7–18

836a15
Chapter 109 840b1–17

840b3
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29

1359a4
Book II 1
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1398b32
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12

1235a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑταῖρος, Ep. and Dor. also ἕγᾰρος, Cleobul. ap. D.L. 1.93, A. Pers. 988 (lyr.), ὁ:— A. comrade, companion, in Hom. esp. of the followers of a chief, comrades-in-arms, Il. 1.179, al.; messmate, 17.577 ; fellowslave, Od. 14.407, al.: joined with ἀνήρ, 8.584, Hdt. 5.95, Antipho 1.18 ; later, as a term of address, φίλʼ ἑταῖρε Thgn. 753, cf. Pl. Grg. 482a ; ὦταῖρε Scol. ap. Ar. V. 1238, cf.Ev.Matt. 20.13, al.: c. gen., δᾳιτὸς ἑταῖρε partner of my feast, h.Merc. 436 ; νυκτὸς ἑ. ib.290 ; πόσιος καὶ βρώσιος ἑταῖροι messmates, Thgn. 115 ; ἑ. ἐν πρήγματι Id. 116. 2. metaph., of things, ἐσθλὸς ἑταῖρος, of a fair wind, Od. 11.7, 12.149 ; φθόνος κενεοφρόνων ἑ. Pi. Fr. 212 ; γέλως ἑ. ὕβρεων Plu. 2.622b : c. dat., βίον..τὸν σοφοῖς ἕταρον AP 7.470 (Mel.). 3. pupil, disciple, e.g. of Socrates, X. Mem. 2.8.1, al., cf. Arist. Pol. 1274a28 ; Λεύκιππος καὶ ὁ ἑ. αὐτοῦ Δημόκριτος Id. Metaph. 985b4 : pl., fellow-pupils, Poll. 4.45. 4. of political partisans (cf. ἑταιρεία I.2), Lys. 12.43, Th. 8.48 ; οἱ περὶ αὐτὸν ἑ. his club-mates, D. 21.20. 5. members of a religious guild, OGI 573.1 (Cilicia, Jewish). 6. rarely of lovers, Semon. 7.49, Ar. Ec. 912 (lyr.). 7. ἑταῖροι, οἱ, the guards, i.e. the cavalry of the Macedonian kings, Theopomp.Hist. 217, Anaximen.Lamps. ap.Harp. s.v. πεζέταιρος, Arr. An. 3.16.11, etc.; to be distinguished from the kingʼs immediate retinue (cf. supr. I), Theopomp. l.c., Arr. An. 2.12.6, al.; of the Comites of the Roman Emperor, Βαρβίλλῳ τῷ ἐμῷ ἑτέρῳ (sic) PLond. 1912.105 (Epist. Claudii), cf.SIG 798.6 (Cyzicus, i A. D., pl.). 8. as Adj., associate of, τὸ ἐπιθυμητικὸν ἡδονῶν ἑ. Pl. R. 439d : Sup., τοῖς σεαυτοῦ ἑταιροτάτοις your closest companions, Id. Grg. 487d, cf. Phd. 89e, D.Chr. 1.44 ; σαργῶν γένος πέτρῃσιν ἑ. constant to the rocks, Opp. H. 4.267 : abs., of animals, gregarious, Id. C. 2.325. II. ἑταίρα, Ion. ἑταίρη, Ep. ἑτάρη [ᾰ], ἡ, companion, Ἔρις..Ἄρεος..κασιγνήτη ἑτάρη τε Il. 4.441 ; Λάτω καὶ Νιόβα μάλα μὲν φίλαι ἦσαν ἔ. Sapph. 31, cf. 11 ; φύζα, φόβου κρυόεντος ἑ. Il. 9.2 ; φόρμιγξ.. ἣν ἄρα δαιτὶ θεοὶ ποίησαν ἑ. Od. 17.271, cf. h.Merc. 478 ; Νίκην, ἣ χορικῶν ἐστιν ἑ. Ar. Eq. 589 ; μιμητικὴ..τῷ ἐν ἡμῖν ἑ. καὶ φίλη ἐστί Pl. R. 603b ; Ποσειδάωνος ἑ., of a submerged city, Call. Del. 101. 2. courtesan, Hdt. 2.134, Ar. Pl. 149, Ath. 13.567a,571d, etc.; opp. πόρνη (a common prostitute), Anaxil. 22.1 ; opp. γαμετή, Philetaer. 5 ; Ἀφροδίτη ἑ. Apollod.Hist.17.

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