ἐπιθυμητικός

epithymetikos

desiring, coveting

Appears 16 times across Plato's dialogues.

Frequency by work

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Republic 13
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Book IV 6
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439d8
439e5
440e3
440e10
441a6
442a5
Book V 1
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475b4
Book VII 1
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516d2
Book VIII 2
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553c5
550b2
Book IX 2
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571e1
580e2
Book X 1
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606d2
Timaeus 2
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70d7
91c2
Phaedo 1
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Chapter ?

108a7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιθυμητικός (hyperdor. ἐπιθῡμ-ᾱτικός Diotog. ap. Stob. 4.7.62), ή, όν, A. desiring, coveting, lusting after, τινός Pl. R. 475b, al.; τὸ ἐ. that part of the soul which is the seat of the desires and affections, ib.439e, Arist. EN 1102b30, etc. Adv. -κῶς, ἔχειν τινός, = ἐπιθυμεῖν, Hell.Oxy. 16.4, Pl. Phd. 108a, Isoc. 15.244, D.L. 8.1; ἐ. διακεῖσθαι Palaeph. 23.

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