ἄλυτος

alytos

not to be loosed

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 5
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Book IV 5
Chapter 6 382b28–383b17

383a30
383b10
383b12

Chapter 7 383b18–384b23

384a34
384b7
Generation of Animals 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

743a7
743a19
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35

1357b17
Book II 1
Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15

1403a14
Prior Analytics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 27 70a10–70b38

70a29
Parts of Animals 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 647b10–649b8

649a32

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄλυτος, ον, poet. ἄλλυτος Phanocl. 2.1, AP 6.30 (Maced.), A. not to be loosed or broken, indissoluble, πέδαι, δεσμοί, Il. 13.37, Od. 8.275, A. Pr. 55; ἀδάμας AP 12.93 (Rhian.); Μοιράων νῆμα Phanocl.l.c., cf.Epigr.Gr. 520 (Thessalonica); πτολέμοιο πεῖραρ Il. 13.360; κύκλος (of the wheel of the ἴϋγξ) Pi. P. 4.215; irremediable, S. El. 230(lyr.): of substances, insoluble, Arist. Mete. 384b7. Adv. -τως Pl. Ti. 60c. 2. of arguments or evidence, not to be confuted, irrefutable, Arist. Rh. 1357b17, 1403a14; συλλογισμός Arist. APr. 70a29. II. undissolved, Pl. Ti. 60e.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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