ὑπόκρισις

hypokrisis

reply, answer

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 5
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Book II 2
Chapter 8 1385b11–1386b7

1386a33

Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5

1403b22
Book III 3
Chapter 1 1404a6–39

1404a17

Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30

1413b18
1414a16
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 10 1117b23–1118b7

1118a8

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑπόκρισις, εως, ἡ, I. Ion. (and perh. in Porph. Chr. 35.10), reply, answer (cf. ὑποκρίνω B. I), Hdt. 1.116, 9.9; τῶν χρηστηρίων Id. 1.90; but the Att. word ἀπόκρισις occurs in codd. at 1.49,5.50. II. Att., playing a part on the stage, Arist. EN 1118a8, Phld. Mus.p.91K. 2. an oratorʼs delivery, Arist. Rh. 1386a32, 1403b22, 1413b18, Chrysipp.Stoic. 2.96, Phld. Rh. 1.195 S., 201 S. (pl.); οἱ κατὰ τὴν ὑ. ῥήτορες orators who depend on their delivery, opp. to the authors of written speeches, Arist. Rh. 1404a18. b. tone or manner of an animalʼs cry, ὁ κυνηγέτης ἀπὸ τῆς ὑ. ᾔσθετο τοῦ κυνὸς ὑλακτοῦντος νῦν μὲν ὅτι ζητεῖ τὸν λαγών, νῦν δὲ ὅτι εὗρεν . . Porph. Abst. 3.5. 3. metaph., playing a part, hypocrisy, outward show, Phoc. 2 B, Plb. 35.2.13, LXX 2 Ma. 6.25, Ev.Matt. 23.28, al., Luc. Somn. 17. 4. ὑπόκρισιν, as Adv., after the manner of, δελφῖνος ὑ. Pi. Oxy. 408.69 ( = Fr. 235).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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