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β437Βούλησιςwish, rational desirePhiloponus, Commentary on Aristotle's de anima 5.24-33 Hayduck; cf. alpha 1315, pi 2376. [1] Wish (bou/lhsis) and choice (proai/resis) are closely related each other. These terms had a crucial importance in Greek moral philosophy, …Matched in noteshighmedium
β315Βλάκαidiot, fool… Others [derive it] from Blakeia, the place in Kyme, which Aristotle mentions. And in Alexandria there is a blakennomion tax, which astrologers pay, because fools go to them. "They let [him], resting and being …Matched in translationhighmedium
β429Βουλεύσεωςconspiracy… two is brought to court in the Palladion; likewise also Aristotle; but Dinarchus [says that it is] in the Areopagos. Concerning the other charge Demosthenes has something to say in the first [speech] Against …

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"Wish and choice are practical faculties of the soul. [...] And wish belongs by itself to the rational soul itself, while choice belongs to the part [of the soul] which is involved with lack of reason. For when the soul…

Βούλησις· ὅτι πρακτικαὶ δυνάμεις εἰσὶ τῆς ψυχῆς βούλησις καὶ προαίρεσις. καὶ ἡ μὲν βούλησις αὐτῆς καθ' ἑαυτήν ἐστι τῆς λογικῆς ψυχῆς, ἡ δὲ προαίρεσις τῆς συμπεπλεγμένης τῇ ἀλογίᾳ.…

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β9ΒαβύλαςBabylas… for the Babyka stream for which Plutarch (Lycurgus 6) cites Aristotle). Adler reports that the lemma is present in Lexicon Ambrosianum 38. For bh=ma ('rostrum') see also beta 257, beta 258.Matched in noteshighshort

β360Βόθυνοςbothunos… see beta 364 -- the headword noun is used by Aristotle: see LSJ s.v., II. In modern terms it applies to some kind of space debris, e.g. a meteor or meteor shower. [2] kappa …Matched in noteshighshort

β497Βῶξgrunting-fish, box… is mentioned by Athenaeus (in Deipnosophists 7.286F-287B [7.27 Kaibel], citing Aristotle), as well as grammarians and lexicography. Adler reports a similar entry in the Ambrosian Lexicon. Ps.-Herodian, Etymologicum Magnum, and Etymologicum Genuinum gloss the …Matched in noteshighshort

β537Βριάρεωof Briareos… Briareos: the ones called Herakleian". Aelian, Varia Historia 5.3 expands: "Aristotle [fr. 678 Rose, in the Dubia section] says that the Pillars now called Herakleian, before they were called this, were called [Pillars] of …Matched in noteshighshort

β592Βύουσιthey stuff… other lexica and must be quoted from somewhere -- perhaps Aristotle, History of Animals 632a18. [1] cf. epsilon 43. [2] i.e. uncircumcised; cf. LSJ. See also epsilon 2256. [3] George of Pisidia, Heraclias 3 …Matched in noteshighshort