ὄρεξις
orexis
appetency, conation
Appears 123 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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De Anima 30 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 27 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 1 ▸
Book II 20 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33
Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16
Chapter 10 1225b17–1227b11
Book VII 2 ▸
Chapter 7 1240b38–1241a33
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25
Book VIII 4 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 22 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 2 ▸
Chapter 2 1094a18–1094b10
Chapter 3 1094b11–1095a13
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10
Book III 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28
Chapter 12 1119a21–1119b18
Book IV 1 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1138a4–1138b14
Book VI 8 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13
Book VII 2 ▸
Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1159a12–1159b24
Book IX 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21
Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29
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Movement of Animals 12 ▸
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Topics 10 ▸
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Rhetoric 8 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 6 ▸
Chapter 10 1368b1–1369b32
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10
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Politics 6 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 1 ▸
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35
Book VII 3 ▸
Chapter 15 1334a11–1334b28
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Sophistical Refutations 4 ▸
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Metaphysics 2 ▸
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Physics 1 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ὄρεξις, εως, ἡ, (ὀρέγω) general word for all kinds of A. appetency, conation, including ἐπιθυμία, θυμός, βούλησις, Arist. de An. 414b2, cf. 433a13, al., Stoic. 3.40, Epicur. Fr. 202, Metrod. Herc. 831.16, Phld. Mus.p.78 K. ; opp. φυγή, Arist. de An. 431a12 ; opp. ἔκκλισις, Arr. Epict. 1.4.1, M.Ant. 8.7. 1. c. gen. objecti, longing or yearning after a thing, desire for it, Democr. 219, Pl. Def. 414b, Arist. EN 1119b7, de An. 414b6, al.: more rarely, ὄ. ἐπί τι Plu. 2.48c ; περί τι Democr. 72. 2. abs., propension, appetency, ὄ. βουλευτική Arist. EN 1113a11 ; ὄ. διανοητική ib.1139b5 ; [ἐπιθυμίαι τινὲς] εὐδιάχυτον τὴν ὄ. ἔχουσιν Epicur. Sent. 26.
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