παροξύνω

paroxyno

urge, spur on, stimulate

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 5
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Book V 3
Chapter 2 1302a16–1302b4

1302a39

Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18

1304a9

Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14

1311b31
Book VI 1
Chapter 4 1318b6–1319b29

1319b16
Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15

1324b12
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 1 402a1–403b19

403a20
History of Animals 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 24 577b19–578a5

577b31

Dictionary (LSJ)

παροξύνω, pf. inf. παρωξυκέναι Plb. 31.1.3, but παρωξυγκέναι J. AJ 11.6.7 :—Pass., pf. παρώξυμμαι Lys. 4.8, Men. Sam. 276 :—A. urge, spur on, stimulate, τινα X. Cyr. 6.2.5, etc.; [τινὰ] πρὸς τὰ καλά Id. Mem. 3.3.13 ; ἐπὶ τὸν πόλεμον Isoc. 5.3, cf. Epicur. Nat. 54G.; τὰ ζεύγη πρὸς τὸ ἔργον Arist. HA 577b31 ; τινα c. inf., Isoc. 12.37 ; κινδυνεύειν X. Mem. 3.5.3 ; opp. ἀποτρέπω, D. 21.37. 2. provoke, irritate, πατρὸς μὴ π. φρένας E. Alc. 674 ; ξὺν κατηγορίᾳ π. Th. 1.84 :—Pass., to be provoked, τινι at a thing, Id. 5.99 ; διά τινα Id. 6.56 ; ἐπί τινι OGI 48.15 (Egypt, iii B. C.), Plb. 4.7.5 ; πρός τι X. HG 6.4.6, D. 57.2 ; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist. Pol. 1302a39 ; ὑπό τινος Lys.l.c. ; κατὰ τῶν πολιτῶν Plu. Them. 31 : c. dat., Lycurg. 87 (s.v.l.), D.S. 10.11 : c. inf., τίς οὐκ ἂν παροξυνθείη πολεμεῖν; Isoc. 5.101 :—Pass., of sicknesses, grow virulent, π. οἱ πυρετοί Hp. VM 6. 3. make an application stronger, Gal. 12.710. II. = παροξυτονέω, Ath. 11.485a :—Pass., A.D. Adv. 189.28, al., Gal. 18(2).167, Ath. 7.323c. III. intr., hasten. Peripl.M.Rubr. 20.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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