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χαλεπ-ότης

chalepotes · ἡ

difficulty, ruggedness

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Where it lives

  • Critias 1 · 2.02/10k
  • On the Art of Horsemanship 1 · 1.44/10k
  • Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
  • Sophist 1 · 0.62/10k
  • Epistles 1 · 0.59/10k
  • Economics 1 · 0.56/10k
  • Nicomachean Ethics 3 · 0.53/10k
  • Eudemian Ethics 1 · 0.38/10k
  • Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
  • History 3 · 0.2/10k
  • Laws 2 · 0.19/10k
  • Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

difficulty, ruggedness

difficulty, ruggedness, τῶν χωρίων Th. 4.12, 33: metaph. in pl., μεγάλας ἔχουσιν αἱ σύντομοι [ὁδοὶ] χαλεπότητας Jul. Or. 7.225c.

2 difficulty

generally, difficulty, of understanding, Arist. APo. 93b34.

II harshness, severity

mostly of persons, harshness, severity, opp. ῥᾳστώνη, Pl. Criti. 107c, Lg. 902c; ἡ τοῦ σοφιστοῦ χ. Id. Sph. 254a; τρόπων χ. Id. Lg. 929d; τῶν πολιτειῶν Isoc. 4.142; abs., Th. 1.84, Isoc. 2.24, etc.; of the Lacedaemonians, Id. 12.90; μετὰ χαλεπότητος ἀκροᾶσθαι Id. 15.20; of the laws of Draco, Arist. Pol. 1274b17: pl., opp. πραότητες, Isoc. 5.116.

2 ill-temper, vice

ill-temper, vice, of a horse, X. Eq. 3.10.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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