ὀλίγωρος

oligoros

littlecaring, lightly-esteeming, contemptuous

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34

1380a30

Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10

1383a2
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30

1232b9
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17

1121b1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀλίγωρος, ον, (ὤρα) A. littlecaring, lightly-esteeming, contemptuous, of persons, χαλεπός τε καὶ ὀ. Hdt. 3.89 ; οὐδεὶς οὔτε γέρων οὔτε ὀ. οὕτως D. 24.208, etc. ; σοβαρὸς καὶ ὀ. τρόπος Id. 59.37 : c. gen., τὴν εἰρήνην, ἧς οὐδεὶς ἂν ἐπιδείξειεν . . ὀλιγωροτέραν τῶν Ἑλλήνων a peace more regardless of Hellenic rights, Isoc. 12.106. Adv. -ρως neglectfully, carelessly, ὀ. καὶ ῥᾳθύμως φέρειν D. 59.111 ; ὀ. καὶ πάντοθεν λαμβάνειν Arist. EN 1121b1 ; ὀ. ἔχειν to be careless, negligent, περὶ τὰς ἐπιθυμίας Pl. Phd. 68c, X. HG 1.6.20 ; τινος with regard to . . , Lys. 26.9, Is. 3.37, etc.; περί τινος Arist. Rh.Al. 1433a2 ; ὀ. διακεῖσθαι Lys. 1.3 ; ὀ. διακεῖσθαι πρός τινα or τι Pl. Alc. 2.149a, Isoc. 15.5 ; ὀ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἅπασαν αἰσχύνην Aeschin. 1.67. II. of things, scornful, ὀλίγωρον . . πεποίηκάς τι Nicom.Com. 1.2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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