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ὄρεξις

ὄρεξις, desire, appetite

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ὀρέξεσι Noun: feminine dative plural of ὄρεξις

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ὄρεξις, εως, ἡ, (ὀρέγω)
  • general word for all kinds of appetency, conation, including ἐπιθυμία, θυμός, βούλησις, Arist. de An. 414b2, cf. 433a13, al., Stoic. 3.40, Epicur. Fr. 202, Metrod. Herc. 831.16, Phld. Mus. p.78 K.; opp. φυγή, Arist. de An. 431a12; opp. ἔκκλισις, Arr. Epict. 1.4.1, M.Ant. 8.7.
      • 1 c. gen. objecti, longing or yearning after a thing, desire for it, Democr. 219, Pl. Def. 414b, Arist. EN 1119b7, de An. 414b6, al.: more rarely, ὄ. ἐπί τι Plu. Aud. 2.48c; περί τι Democr. 72.
      • 2 abs., propension, appetency, ὄ. βουλευτική Arist. EN 1113a11; ὄ. διανοητική ib. 1139b5; [ἐπιθυμίαι τινὲς] εὐδιάχυτον τὴν ὄ. ἔχουσιν Epicur. Sent. 26.

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