ὁρισμός
horismos
marking out by boundaries, limitation
Appears 270 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὁρισμός, ὁ, A. marking out by boundaries, limitation, οἱ ὁ. τῶν κτήσεων 2.74 ; ἀκριβὴς . . οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ., ἕως τίνος . . EN 1159a4 ; ὁ. τοῦ λυπεῖσθαι Epit. 41 ; boundary, καρπῶν BGU 599.3 (ii A.D.), cf. PAmh. 2.97.11(ii A.D.). II. the definition of a thing, freq. in , AP 0.91a1, Top. 139a26, Metaph. 1031a1,al. III. wager, Alex. 6, TG 14. IV. decree, Da. 6.12(13). V. vow, ib.Nu. 30.3,al., cf. 1.77.
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