ἀπουσία

apousia

absence

Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 5
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366a18
Book IV 4
Chapter 5 382a22–382b27

382a33

Chapter 6 382b28–383b17

383b3

Chapter 8 384b24–385b5

385a26
385a28
Metaphysics 3
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Book Γ 1
Chapter 2 1003a33–1005a18

1004a14
Book Δ 1
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25

1013b13
Book Ζ 1
Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23

1032b4
Physics 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 189b30–191a22

191a7
Book II 1
Chapter 3 194b16–195b30

195a13
Book III 1
Chapter 6 206a9–207a32

207a12
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 11 1118b8–1119a20

1118b33
Book VIII 1
Chapter 5 1157b5–36

1157b11
Topics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 2 117a5–118a26

118a24
118a25

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπουσία, ἡ, (ἀπεῖναι) A. absence, A. Ag. 1259, E. Hec. 962, Th. 1.70, Ep.Phil. 2.12, etc. II. waste, as in smelting ore, Arist. Mete. 383b3, Agatharch. 28; τρῖψις καὶ ἀ. POxy. 1273.32 (iii A.D.). III. = ἀποσπερματισμός, Plu. 2.364d.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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