ἀνάπαυσις

anapausis

repose, rest

Appears 26 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 11
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Book VII 1
Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39

1329a32
Book VIII 10
Chapter 3 1337b24–1338b8

1337b38
1337b39
1338a1

Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19

1339a16
1339b15
1339b16
1339b27
1339b42

Chapter 7 1341b15–1342b34

1341b41
1342a22
Nicomachean Ethics 7
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Book IV 2
Chapter 8 1127b33–1128b9

1127b33
1128b3
Book VII 1
Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28

1150b17
Book VIII 1
Chapter 9 1159b25–1160a30

1160a24
Book X 3
Chapter 6 1176a30–1177a11

1176b34
1176b35
1177a1
On Sleep 3
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Chapter 2 455a4–456a29

455b18
455b21
Chapter 3 456a30–458a32

458a32
Parts of Animals 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 10 685b29–690b10

689b16
689b20
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 283b26–284b5

284a33
History of Animals 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 29 578b6–579a17

579a13
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3

1370a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀνάπαυσις, poet. ἄμπ-, εως, ἡ, A. repose, rest, Mimn. 12.2, Pi. N. 7.52, Hp. VM 11, X. Lac. 12.6: esp. relaxation, recreation, Pl. Ti. 59c, X. Cyr. 7.5.47. 2. c. gen. rei, rest from a thing, κακῶν Th. 4.20; πολέμου X. Hier. 2.11; κακῶν Epicur. Ep. 3p.61U.; λειτουργίας PFlor. 57.56. 3. Rhet., cadence of a period, Hermog. Id. 1.1, al.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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