ἀλγηδών

algedon

pain, suffering

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Topics 5
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Book VI 5
Chapter 6 143a29–145b33

145b2
145b6
145b7
145b13
145b14
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28

1116b34
1117a3
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 26 479b17–480a15

479b28
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 86 837a12–23

837a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀλγηδών, όνος, ἡ, A. pain, suffering, of body, Hdt. 5.18, Hp. Coac. 394, E. Med. 24; ὀδύνη τις ἢ ἀ. Pl. R. 413b : pl., Prt. 354b. II. of mind, pain, grief. S. OC 514, E. Med. 56, Metrod. 7 : pl., Phld. D. 1.16, etc. III. cause of pain, ἀλγηδόνες ὀμμάτων αἱ Περσίδες Alex. ap. Plu. Alex. 21. - Not in A., once in S.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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