ἀέναος

aenaos

ever-flowing

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 6
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Book I 6
Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

349b9
349b9
349b12

Chapter 14 351a19–353a28

352b5
352b12
353a27
Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1346b15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀέναος [ᾱ-], ον, (νάω Α) ἀένναος Hdt., αἰέναος IG 5(1).1119 (Geronthrae, iv B. C.); contr. ἀείνως Ar. Ra. 146, gen. pl. ἀείνων Cratin. 20 D.: Trag. only in lyr.:—A. ever-flowing, κρήνης τʼ ἀενάου καὶ ἀπορρύτου Hes. Op. 595; ἀ. λίμνη, ποταμός, Hdt. 1.93,145, cf. Simon. 120; ποταμοί A. Supp. 553, E. Ion 1083, cf. 118; Ἀχέρων Theoc. 15.102; ἀενάου πυρός Pi. P. 1.6, cf. Call. Ap. 83; βόρβορον καὶ σκῶρ ἀείνων Ar. l.c.; ἀέναοι νεφέλαι Id. Nu. 275;—generally, everlasting, ἀρετᾶς . . κόσμον ἀέναόν τε κλέος Simon. 4.9; ἀ. τιμά, of Zeus, Pi. O. 14.12; ἀ. κράτος E. Or. 1299 (lyr.); ἀενάοις ἐν τραπέζαις, of public hospitality, Pi. N. 11.8; γλῶτταν καλῶν λόγων ἀείνων Cratin.l.c.:—also in Prose, κλέος Heraclit. 29; τροφή X. Ages. 1.20; ἀεναώτερον . . τὸν ὄλβον παρέχειν Id. Cyr. 4.2.44; ἀέναον οὐσίαν πορίσαι Pl. Lg. 966e; ἀ. ποταμῶν ἀμήχανα μεγέθη Id. Phd. 111d, cf. Arist. Mete. 349b9; θῖνες LXX Ba. 5.7; ἀένναοι τῶν θεῶν πρόσοδοι Procl. Inst. 152. Adv. ἀενάως Arist. Oec. 1346b15.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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