φιλοπονία

philoponia

love of labour, industry

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

608a32
Politics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 4 1338b9–1339a10

1338b25
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1
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Chapter 5 1250b6–18

1250b6

Dictionary (LSJ)

φιλοπονία, ἡ, A. love of labour, industry, Pl. R. 535d, Stoic. 3.64, 171, Phld. Rh. 1.115 S., TAM 2(1).283 (Xanthus); καρτερία καὶ φ. Pl. Alc. 1.122c; ἡ περὶ τὴν παιδείαν φ. Isoc. 1.45; pl., Id. 15.291, Plb. 8.10.6, etc.; ἡ τῶν δρόμων φ. laborious practice of . . , D. 61.24; φ. ἐν τοῖς γυμνασίοις ib.26; so, as an event in competitions of ἔφηβοι, SIG 1061.5 (Samos, ii A. D.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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