ἀναφορά

anaphora

coming up, rising

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Categories 1
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Chapter 6 4b20–6a35

5b20
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 1101b10–1102a4

1101b21
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Book IX 1
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

622b7
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 130 843a1–32

843a10
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Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

814a3
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Chapter 3 456a30–458a32

458a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναφορά, ἡ, (ἀναφέρομαι) A. coming up, rising, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι rise, Arist. HA 622b7; of vapours or exhalations, Placit. 3.7.4, Theol.Ar. 31, cf. Orib. 9.16.3, etc. 2. Astron., ascent of a sign measured in degrees of the equator, Ptol. Tetr. 134. b. Astrol., = ἐπαναφορά, τόπος next to a κέντρον, Vett.Val. 19.18. c. ascendant, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(3).100; opp. ἀπόκλιμα, Serapion in Cat.Cod.Astr. 1.99, S.E. M. 5.20, etc. d. rising of a sign, Ach.Tat. Intr.Arat. 39. II. (ἀναφέρω) carrying back, reference of a thing to a standard, διὰ τὸ γίνεσθαι ἐπαίνους διʼ ἀναφορᾶς Arist. EN 1101b20; in Law, recourse, ἐκείνοις εἶναι εἰς τοὺς ἔχοντας ἀναφοράν D. 24.13: abs., Thphr. Char. 8.5 (pl.), IG 5(1).1390.111 (Andania, i B.C.); ἡ ἀ. ἐστι πρός τι Arist. Cat. 5b20, al.; ἀ. ἔχειν πρός or ἐπί τι to be referable to . ., Epicur. Fr. 409, Plb. 4.28.3, Plu. 2.290e, al.; ἀ. τινος γίγνεται πρός or ἐπί τι, Plb. 1.3.4, Plu. 2.1071a; ἐπʼ ἀναφορᾷ τῇ πρὸς τὸν δῆμον BCH 46.312 (Teos); ἀ. ἔχειν ἐπί τι, of writings, refer to, Alex.Aphr. in Mete. 4.1; τούτων εἰς Κυναίγειρον ποιήσασθαι τὴν ἀναφοράν assign to, give credit for . ., Polem. Call. 23. 2. way of retreat, ὑπέλιπε ἑαυτῷ ἀναφοράν D. 18.219; νῦν δὲ αὑτοῖς μὲν κατέλιπον τὴν εἰς τὸ ἀφανὲς ἀναφοράν Aeschin. 2.104, cf. Plb. 15.8.13, etc. 3. means of repairing a fault, defeat, etc., ἀλλʼ ἔστιν ἡμῖν ἀ. τῆς ξυμφορᾶς E. Or. 414; ἀ. ἁμαρτήματος ἔχειν way to atone for . ., Plu. Phoc. 2; ἀ. ἔχειν means of recovery, Id. Fab. 14. 4. offering, LXX Ps. 50(51).21; ἡ ἀ. τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ λεκτικοῦ PMag.Par. 2.281. 5. report, PLond. 1.17.34 (ii B.C.), etc. 6. petition, PRyl. 119.28(i A.D.). 7. payment on account, instalment, OGI 225 (Milet.), PEleph. 14.26 (iii B.C.), PRev.Laws 16.10 (iii B.C.), etc. 8. Rhet., repetition of a word, Longin. 20.1, Demetr. Eloc. 141. 9. office of ἀναφορεύς, LXX Nu. 4.6,10. 10. Medic., = ἀνάδοσις, opp. πέψις, Aret. SD 2.7. III. ceiling of a wine-press, Gp. 6.1.3.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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