ἄπλετος

apletos

boundless, immense

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

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Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

755b26
History of Animals 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 28 605b22–607a8

606b9
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 354b1–356b3

355b23
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 27 832a26–30

832a27
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23

1373b17

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄπλετος, ον, A. boundless, immense, ἠέρος ὕψος Emp. 17.18; αὐγή Id. 135; δόξα Pi. I. 4(3).11; βάρος S. Tr. 982; also found in Prose, χρυσὸς ἄ. Hdt. 1.14,50,al.; ἅλες, ὕδωρ, 4.53, 8.12; οἰμωγή 6.58; μάχη Pl. Sph. 246c; ἄ. καὶ ἀμήχανον [χρόνου πλῆθος] Id. Lg. 676b; ἐν χρόνου μήκεσιν ἀπλέτοις ib.683a; χιών X. An. 4.4.11; πλῆθος Arist. GA 755b26; ποταμοὶ ἄπλετοι τὸ μέγεθος Id. Mete. 355b23; ῥαφανίδες ἄ. τὸ πάχος Id. Pr. 924a27; θόρυβος Plb. 1.50.3, al.; φύσις Plot. 5.5.6; δύναμις 4.8.6.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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