ὄρεξις

orexis

appetency, conation

Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.

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Iliad 4
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Book 5 3
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533
5225
5260
Book 22 1
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22130
Odyssey 1
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Book 15 1
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15312

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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