ἀντιφράσσω

antiphrasso

barricade, block

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Posterior Analytics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 31 87b28–88a17

87b40
Book II 2
Chapter 2 89b36–90a34

90a18
90a29
Meteorology 3
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Book I 2
Chapter 8 345a11–346b15

345a29
345b9
Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

368b10
On the Heavens 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 13 293a15–296a23

293b25
De Anima 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 429a10–430a9

429a20
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 5 469b21–470a18

470a13

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀντιφράσσω, Att. ἀντιφράττω, A. barricade, block, τὴν ὁδόν τισι Plu. 2.548d:—Pass., to be screened, ἀντιπεφραγμένος λαμπτήρ lantern, Philist. 15; τόπος ὑπὸ τῆς γῆς -φραττόμενος Plu. Nic. 23. II. c. dat., stand in the way of, τῷ ἀέρι Arist. Juv. 470a13, cf. Pr. 929a38; esp. of a body intercepting the sunʼs light, ὅσοις ἀντιφράττει ἡ γῆ ὥστε μὴ ὁρᾶσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου . . Id. Mete. 345a29: c. acc., ἕκαστον ἀντιφράττειν αὐτήν (sc. τὴν σελήνην) Id. Cael. 293b25. abs., X. Smp. 5.6, Thphr. Ign. 49; ἡ γῆ ἀ. Arist. AP 0.87b40; ἡ θάλαττα ἀ. Id. Mete. 368b10; κωλύει τὸ ἀλλότριον καὶ ἀ. Id. de An. 429a20. 2. Pass., to be placed as an obstacle, τινὸς ἀντιφραχθέντος περὶ τὴν ἀναπνοήν Pl. Ti. 66e.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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