Bouletic modalities in Griceans and Grecians

by JLS
for the GC

From the Liddell-Scott, then, the noun cited by M. Frede:

ὄρεξις

-εως,

ἡ,

(From ὀρέγω, to stretch, to yearn)

general word for all kinds of

A. [select]

appetency,
conation,
including

--- ἐπιθυμία,
--- θυμός,
--- βούλησις,

Arist.de Anima 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. [select] c. gen. objecti, longing or yearning after a thing, desire for it, Democr.219, Pl.Def.414b,

Arist.Ethica Nichomachea 1119b7,
de Anima 414b6, al.: more rarely,

“ὄ. ἐπί τι” Plu.2.48c ; “περί τι” Democr. 72.

2. [select] abs., propension, appetency,

“ὄrexis βουλευτική”
Arist.Ethica Nichomachea 1113a11 ;

ὄrexis διανοητική
Ethica Nichomachea 1139b5 ;

[ἐπιθυμίαι τινὲς] εὐδιάχυτον τὴν ὄ. ἔχουσιν” Epicur.Sent.26.

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