ὀρεκτικός
orektikos
appetitive
Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὀρεκτικός, ή, όν, (ὄρεξις) A. appetitive, de An. 433b3, EE 1233a38, al. ; τὸ ὀρεκτικόν the impulsive or conative faculty, EN 1102b30 ; οὐχ ἕτερον τὸ ὀ. καὶ φευκτικόν . . ἀλλήλων de An. 431a13, al. ; ὀ. νοῦς EN 1139b4. Adv. -κῶς Hsch. s.v. θουραίη; πρὸς τὸ ἀγαθὸν -κῶς κινεῖσθαι Epict. 3.3.2. 2. exciting appetite, οἶνος 5.6.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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