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ὀρεκτός

orektos

stretched out

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Where it lives

Eudemian Ethics 4 · 1.53/10k
Enneads 5 · 0.24/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 1 · 0.18/10k
Metaphysics 1 · 0.13/10k
Iliad 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

ὀρεκτ-ός · orekt-os — LSJ

stretched out, to be used for thrusting, pike

stretched out, ὀ. μελίαι pikes to be used for thrusting, Il. 2.543 ; so ὀρεκτὸν δόρυ pike, opp. παλτόν (javelin), Str. 10.1.12.

II longed for, desired, the object of appetency

longed for, desired, τὸ ὀ. the object of appetency, Arist. de An. 433a18, cf. EN 1113a10, al. ; τὸ ὀ. κινεῖ οὐ κινούμενον τῷ νοηθῆναι ἢ φαντασθῆναι Id. de An. 433b11 ; opp. ὀρεκτέος, Stoic. 3.22.

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ὀρεκτός · orektos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
ὀρεκτὸν · orekton Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
ὀρεκτόν · orekton Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
ὀρεκτὸς · orektos Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 7
ὀρεκτὸν · orekton Aristotle, Metaphysics book 12 (DIORISIS sentence 3388)
ὀρεκτοῦ · orektou Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1113a (DIORISIS sentence 760)

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