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ἀοργησία

First declension Noun; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀοργησία

Etym.: from a)o/rghtos

Sense

  1. a defect in the passion of anger, "lack of gall"

Examples

  • τῶν δ’ ἄκρων ὁ μὲν ὑπερβάλλων ὀργίλοσ ἔστω, ἡ δὲ κακία ὀργιλότησ, ὁ δ’ ἐλλείπων ἀόργητόσ τισ, ἡ δ’ ἔλλειψισ ἀοργησία. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 84:1)
  • ἡ δ’ ἔλλειψισ, εἴτ’ ἀοργησία τίσ ἐστιν εἴθ’ ὅ τι δή ποτε, ψέγεται. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 4 108:3)

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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