κριτικός

kritikos

able to discern, critical

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Anima 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 11 422b17–424a16

424a6
Book III 2
Chapter 9 432a15–433a8

432a16

Chapter 12 434a22–435a10

434b3
Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book VI 3
Chapter 10 1142b34–1143a18

1143a10

Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17

1143a23
1143a30
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 19 99b15–100b17

99b35
Movement of Animals 1
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Chapter 6 700b4–701a6

700b20
Parts of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 639a1–642b4

639a9
Politics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 1274b32–1275b21

1275b19
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 4 440b26–442b26

442b17

Dictionary (LSJ)

κριτικός, ή, όν, A. able to discern, critical, δύναμις σύμφυτος κ. Arist. APo. 99b35; οὐκ ἔχει ῥῖνα κριτικὴν πρὸς τοὖψον Posidipp. 1.4; αἰσθήσεις κ. Phld. Mus.p.8 K.; τὸ κ. the power of discerning, Arist. de An. 432a16; ἡ κριτική (sc. τέχνη) Pl. Plt. 260c, etc.: c. gen., ἡ γεῦσις τῶν σχημάτων κριτικωτάτη Arist. Sens. 442b17, cf. Thphr. Sens. 43, Ocell. 2.7; of persons, [τὸν ὅλως πεπαιδευμένον] περὶ πάντων ὡς εἰπεῖν κ. τινὰ νομίζομεν εἶναι Arist. PA 639a9: esp. in language, grammarian, scholar, literary critic, Pl. Ax. 366e, Phld. Po. 5.24, Str. 9.1.10, etc.; of Crates, Ath. 11.490e, who distd. κ. and γραμματικός, S.E. M. 1.79; εἰ δύναταί τις εἶναι κ. καὶ γραμματικός, title of work by Galen (Libr.Propr. 17); but τῶν ὕστερον γραμματικῶν κληθέντων πρότερον δὲ κ. D.Chr. 53.1, cf. Apollod. ap. Clem.Al. Strom. 1.16.79; οἱ κ. τῶν λόγων Philostr. VS 2.1.14; πρὸς τοὺς κ., title of work by Chrysippus, Stoic. 2.9; ἡ κ., opp. ἡ γραμματική, Taurisc. ap. S.E. M. 1.248, cf. Sch.DTp.3 H. Adv. -κῶς, ἔχειν τινός Artem. 4Praef., cf. Erot. Praef.p.7 N., Men.Rh. p.391 S. 2. of or for judging, ἀρχὴ κ. the office of judges, opp. ἀρχὴ βουλευτική, Arist. Pol. 1275b19. II. = κρίσιμος, ἑβδομάς Ph. 1.45 (Sup.), cf. Plu. 2.134f, Gal. 9.93, al. Adv. -κῶς Id. UP 17.2, al.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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