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ὀρεκτός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ὀρεκτός ὀρεκτή ὀρεκτόν

Structure: ὀρεκτ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: o)re/gw

Sense

  1. stretched out, to be presented, thrown)

Examples

  • τὸ γὰρ ὀρεκτὸν καὶ βουλητὸν ἢ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἢ τὸ φαινόμενον ἀγαθόν. (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 27:1)
  • διὸ καὶ τὸ ἡδὺ ὀρεκτόν· (Aristotle, Eudemian Ethics, Book 7 27:2)
  • "καίτοι τί γένοιτ’ ἂν ἀλογώτερον, ἢ δυεῖν ὄντοιν, ἐξ ὧν ὁ ἄνθρωποσ πέφυκε, σώματοσ καὶ ψυχῆσ, ψυχῆσ δὲ τάξιν ἡγεμονικωτέραν ἐχούσησ, σώματοσ μὲν ἴδιόν τι καὶ κατὰ φύσιν καὶ οἰκεῖον ἀγαθὸν εἶναι, ψυχῆσ δὲ μηδέν, ἀλλὰ τῷ σώματι καθῆσθαι προσβλέπουσαν αὐτὴν καὶ τοῖσ μὲν τοῦ σώματοσ πάθεσιν ἐπιμειδιῶσαν καὶ συνηδομένην καὶ συγχαίρουσαν, αὐτὴν δ’ ἀκίνητον ἐξ ἀρχῆσ καὶ ἀπαθῆ καὶ μηδὲν αἱρετὸν ἔχουσαν μηδ’ ὀρεκτὸν ὅλωσ μηδὲ χαρτόν; (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 144)
  • κινεῖ δὲ ὧδε τὸ ὀρεκτὸν καὶ τὸ νοητόν· (Aristotle, Metaphysics, Book 12 69:1)

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

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