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θεωρ-ητικός

theoretikos

able to perceive

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Where it lives

Metaphysics 24 · 3.06/10k
Eudemian Ethics 7 · 2.68/10k
Nicomachean Ethics 9 · 1.6/10k
Discourses 8 · 1.08/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 11 · 1.03/10k
Meditations 2 · 0.69/10k
Politics 3 · 0.46/10k
Analytica priora et posteriora 1 · 0.18/10k
Enneads 3 · 0.14/10k

What it meant — LSJ

able to perceive

able to perceive, τοῦ περὶ τὰ σώματα κάλλους Arist. Pol. 1338b1; μὴ πάντων θ. ἀλλὰ ἐνίων Phld. Rh. 2.108S.; τῆς ἀφροσύνης S.E. M. 11.256.

2 contemplative, speculative, a contemplative, speculative

of the mind, contemplative, speculative, ὁ περὶ τὴν . . οὐσίαν θ. Arist. Metaph. 1005a35; ὁ περὶ φύσεως θ. Id. PA 641a29: c. gen., μαντικὴ ἐπιστήμη θ. τοῦ . . μέλλοντος Pl. Def. 414b; ἐπιστήμη θ., διάνοια, opp. πρακτική, ποιητική, Arist. Metaph. 1064a17, 1025b25; νοῦς Id. de An. 415a11; θ. βίος a contemplative or speculative life (opp. ἀπολαυστικός, πολιτικός), Id. EN 1095b19, cf. Plu. Cic. 3; θ. φιλόσοφος Id. Per. 16: Comp. -ώτερος Herm. in Phdr. p.59A. Adv. -κῶς Epicur. Nat. 28.7, Poll. 4.8, I

= θεωρικός, Cod.Just. 10.56.1.1.

In the wild

θεωρητικἤ · theōrētikē Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1640)
θεωρητικήν · theōrētikēn Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
θεωρητικῶν · theōrētikōn Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 1
θεωρητικαῖς · theōrētikais Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
θεωρητικαῖς · theōrētikais Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2
θεωρητικὴ · theōrētikē Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics 2

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