ἀβέβαιος

abebaios

unreliable

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 5 196b10–197a35

197a30
197a31
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 33 88b30–89b9

89a5
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

395b15
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14

1236b19
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 12 1171b29–1172a15

1172a9
History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 10 491b34–492a12

492a12
Physiognomonics 1
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Chapter 2 806a19–807a30

806b23
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20

1364b31

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀβέβαιος, ον, A. unreliable, of remedies, Hp. Aph. 2.27; ἀβεβαιότατον ὧν κεκτήμεθα (sc. πλοῦτος) Alex. 281, cf. Men. 128; ὀφθαλμὸς ἀ. unsteady, Arist. HA 492a12: metaph., τύχη Democr. 176, cf. Plb. 15.34.2; αἰτία Epicur. Ep. 3,p.65U.; φιλία Arist. EE 1236b19; τὸ ἀ. = ἀβεβαιότης, Hierocl. in CA 2p.422M., Heraclit. Ep. 7; ἐξ ἀβεβαίου from an insecure position, Arr. An. 1.15.2. 2. of persons, unstable, fickle, D. 58.63, Arist. EN 1172a9. Adv. -ως Men. Georg.Fr. 2.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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