ἄλοχος

alochos

partner of oneʼs bed, wife

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39

1252b23

Chapter 3 1253b1–22

1253b7
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book X 1
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23

1180a29

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄλοχος [ᾰ], ου, ἡ, (ἀ-copul., λέχος) poet., A. partner of oneʼs bed, wife, Il. 1.114, Od. 3.403, al., A. Pers. 63, S. OT 181, E. Fr. 543, etc., cf. Arist. Pol. 1253b7; ἄλοχον εἰς δόμους ἄγειν Theodect. 13. 2. leman, concubine, Il. 9.336, Od. 4.623. II. (ἀ- priv.) unwedded, ἄ. οὖσα τὴν λοχείαν εἴληχε, of Artemis, Pl. Tht. 149b, cf. Porph.ad Il. 11.155.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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