ἀφανέω

aphaneo

fail to put in an appearance

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1103b26–1104b2

1104a13
History of Animals 1
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Book VI 1
Chapter 37 580b10–581a5

580b22
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 344a5–345a10

344a5
Physics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 192b8–193b21

193a5
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38

1372a37
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 12 172b9–173a30

173a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀφανέω, A. fail to put in an appearance, dub. in PTeb. 43.22 (ii B. C.):— but ἀφᾱνέω, thrash, beat, Ar. Eq. 394; cf. ἄφηνα· ἔκοψα, and ἀφῆναι· τὸ τὰς ἐπτισμένας κριθὰς ταῖς χερσὶ τρῖψαι, Hsch.; v. αἵνω.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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