The corpus record

ὀρεκτ-ικός

orektikos

appetitive

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Where it lives

Eudemian Ethics 2 · 0.77/10k
Discourses 3 · 0.4/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 2 · 0.36/10k
Enneads 3 · 0.14/10k

What it meant

ὀρεκτ-ικός · orekt-ikos — LSJ

appetitive, impulsive, conative

appetitive, Arist. de An. 433b3, EE 1233a38, al. ; τὸ ὀρεκτικόν the impulsive or conative faculty, Id. EN 1102b30 ; οὐχ ἕτερον τὸ ὀ. καὶ φευκτικόν . . ἀλλήλων Id. de An. 431a13, al. ; ὀ. νοῦς Id. EN 1139b4. Adv. -κῶς Hsch. s.v. θουραίη; πρὸς τὸ ἀγαθὸν -κῶς κινεῖσθαι Arr. Epict. 3.3.2.

2 exciting appetite

exciting appetite, οἶνος Dsc. 5.6.

In the wild

ὀρεκτικὸν · orektikon Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
ὀρεκτικός · orektikos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 3
ὀρεκτικὸν · orektikon Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1102b (DIORISIS sentence 361)
ὀρεκτικὸς · orektikos Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1139b (DIORISIS sentence 1974)
ὀρεκτικοῦ · orektikou Epictetus, Discourses 1.17 (DIORISIS sentence 871)
ὀρεκτικήν · orektikēn Epictetus, Discourses 1.1 (DIORISIS sentence 39)

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