κακοήθεια

kakoetheia

bad disposition, malignity

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 491b14–33

491b24
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27

1389b21
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 7 1251a19–1251b25

1251b3

Dictionary (LSJ)

κακοήθεια, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. bad disposition, malignity, Pl. R. 348d, 401a, Hyp. Eux. 32 (-ηθία), Ep.Rom. 1.29; κ. τὸ ἐπὶ τὸ χεῖρον ὑπολαμβάνειν ἅπαντα Arist. Rh. 1389b20: pl., κ. ὑπὲρ τοῦ πράγματος λεγόμεναι Aeschin. 1.166, cf. Isoc. 15.284, D.C. Fr. 96.2. II. bad manners or habits, X. Cyn. 13.16. III. Medic., malignant character, τῆς νόσου Epicur. Fr. 471: in pl., malignant diseases or growths, Dsc. 3.92 (v.l. for τὰ -ήθη).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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