ἀπόστημα

apostema

distance, interval

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On the Heavens 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 10 291a29–291b10

291a31
291a33

Chapter 13 293a15–296a23

294a4
Sense and Sensibilia 3
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Chapter 3 439a6–440b25

440a28
Chapter 7 448a28–449b4

449a22
449a25
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21

1100a26
Mechanica 1
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Chapter 15 852b29–853a4

852b36
On Memory 1
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Chapter 2 451a18–453b11

452b16
Metaphysics 1
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Book Λ 1
Chapter 8 1073a14–1074b14

1073b33
Meteorology 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 345a11–346b15

345b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπόστημα, ατος, τό, A. distance, interval, ἀ. τοῦ ἡλίου πρὸς τὴν γῆν Arist. Cael. 294a4; τῶν σφαιρῶν Id. Metaph. 1073b33, cf. Phld. Sign. 9, etc.; ἐξ ἀ. θεωρεῖσθαι Epicur. Ep. 2p.39U.; ὅπλα τὰ ἐξ ἀ. λεγόμενα Ascl. Tact. 1.2. 2. degree of descent from an ancestor, τοῖς ἀ. πρὸς τοὺς γονεῖς παντοδαπῶς ἔχειν Arist. EN 1100a26. 3. abscess, Hp. Aph. 7.36, Arist. Pr. 885b31, Thphr. Od. 59.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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