ἄκαρπος

akarpos

without fruit, barren

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Oeconomica 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 1344b22–1345b3

1344b29
Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1346b15
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1367a24
1367a28
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35

1125a11
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

755b10
Politics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36

1258b30

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄκαρπος, ον, A. without fruit, barren, E. Fr. 898.8, Pl. Ti. 91c; ἄ. ξύλον, = ἀκακία, LXX Is. 41.19: c. gen., λίμνη ἄ. ἰχθύων Paus. 5.7.3. 2. metaph., fruitless, unprofitable, πόνος B. Fr. 7.5; λόγοι Pl. Phdr. 277a; τὰ ἄ. Arist. EN 1125a11. Adv. -πως S. OT 254. II. Act., making barren, A. Eu. 942, cf. Max. Tyr.5.4.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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