ἀναπλήρωσις

anaplerosis

filling up, means of filling up

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 8
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 1118b8–1119a20

1118b18
Book X 7
Chapter 3 1173a13–1174a12

1173b8
1173b9
1173b10
1173b11
1173b12
1173b15
1173b20
Politics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18

1257a30
Book II 1
Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21

1267b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀναπλήρωσις, εως, ἡ, A. filling up, means of filling up, τῆς ἐνδείας Arist. EN 1118b18; τοῦ λείποντος A.D. Synt. 250.18; τῶν κενουμένων τάξεων Ph. 2.382. 2. satisfying, τῆς ἐπιθυμίας Arist. Pol. 1267b4; satisfaction of the wants and appetites, Id. EN 1173b8. 3. restoration, τῆς κατὰ τὴν φύσιν αὐταρκείας Id. Pol. 1257a30, cf. Plu. Demetr. 45. 4. fulfilment, τοῦ ῥήματος τοῦ Κυρίου LXX 1 Es. 1.54. II. (from Pass.) becoming full, overflowing, of the Nile, Thales ap.Ath. Epit.ad fin. lib. ii (vol. i p.278 Schw.).

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