ἀσύμμετρος
asymmetros
incommensurable
Appears 29 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἀσύμμετρος, Att. ἀξ-, ον, A. incommensurable, ταῖς μεγίσταις συμμετρίαις Ti. 87d: abs., Sens. 439b30, al., Lg. 918b; ἀ. ἡ διάμετρος καὶ ἡ πλευρά EN 1112a23. Adv. -ρως Pr. 427. II. disproportionate, Cyn. 2.7; ἀ. πρός τι disproportionate to it, IA 708a15; ill-proportioned, Po. 1461a13; ὑπόμνημα of excessive length, Herc. 1014.67F.; κινήματα Mort. 9. Adv. -ρως ib.8, ap. PE 15.7. III. unsuited, πρὸς δημοκρατίαν Per. 16, cf. Them. 22; τινί Phoc. 3: c. inf., not of fit size to . . , GA 719b12.
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