orexis

• These two uses are recognised in the Rhetoric (I 10), where [Greek: orexis] is divided into —  Ethics
• That difference is founded, I think, on the two senses of [Greek: orexis] before alluded to (note, p. 53, l. —  Ethics
• [Greek: orexis], desire of a thing, which is opposed to [Greek: ekklisis], aversion. —  Thoughts of Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
• [Greek: orexis] means literally "a grasping at or after" now as this physically may be either vague or definite, so too may the mental act, consequently the term as transferred to the mind has two uses, and denotes either the first wish, [Greek: boulaesis], or the last definite movement, Will in its strict and proper sense. —  Ethics
• d hae men boulaeis agathou orexis (oudeis gar bouletai all ae otan oiaetho einai agathon)] —  Ethics

Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms