ἀγέννητος

agennetos

unbegotten, unborn

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 11
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Chapter 2 975a18–977a13

975a23
976a4
976a11
976a21
976b8
Chapter 4 977b21–979a11

977b24
Chapter 5 979a12–33

979a19
979a22
Chapter 6 979a34–980b21

979b20
979b26
979b33

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀγέννητος, ον, (γεννάω) A. unbegotten, unborn, ἀ. τότʼ ἦ S. OC 973: unoriginated, Pl. Ti. 52a. Adv., ἀναιτίως καὶ ἀ. Plu. 2.1015b codd. 2. non-existent, αἰτία Aret. SD 2.11. II. = ἀγεννής, low-born, mean, S. Tr. 61. III. Act., not productive, Thphr. CP 6.10.1. Adv. -τως without leaving issue, Epigr.Gr. 333a (Perg.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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