κλοπή

klope

theft

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27

1107a11
Book V 1
Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9

1131a6
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23

1374a7
1374a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

κλοπή, ἡ, (κλέπτω) A. theft, ἁρπαγῆς τε καὶ κλοπῆς δίκη A. Ag. 534: pl., ib.402 (lyr.), E. Hel. 1175; κλοπῆς δίκη Pl. Prt. 322a; ἱερῶν κλοπῆς δυοῖν ταλάντοιν γεγραμμένος Antipho 2.1.6, cf. Ar. Eq. 444, Pl. Euthphr. 5d (pl.); κλοπῆς ὀφλεῖν And. 1.74; ἐπὶ κλοπῇ χρημάτων ἀποκτείνειν Lys. 30.25; κ. τῶν θησαυρῶν PAmh. 2.79.63 (ii A.D.) ; σκεῦος . . ἐκφέρειν ἐκ τοῦ ἱεροῦ ἐπὶ κλοπήν SIG 997.5 (Smyrna); κλοπῆς ἐν ταῖς εὐθύναις ἑάλωκεν D. 24.112, cf. Arist. Ath. 54.2, Plu. Per. 32; opp. ἁρπαγή, Pl. Lg. 941b. 2. of authors, plagiarism, Porph. ap. Eus. PE 10.3. II. secret act or transaction, fraud, κλέπτουσα μύθοις κλοπάς E. HF 100; πράγματος μεγάλου κ. Aeschin. 2.57; κλοπῇ by stealth or fraud, S. Ph. 1025, E. Ion 1254; ποδοῖν κλοπὰν ἀρέσθαι, i.e. to steal away, S. Aj. 246 (lyr.). III. in warfare, surprise, X. An. 4.6.14.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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