αὔξησις
auxesis
growth, increase
Appears 247 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Generation of Animals 69 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 6 ▸
Book II 25 ▸
Book III 28 ▸
Chapter 7 757a14–757b30Chapter 8 757b31–758a25Book IV 4 ▸
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Physics 33 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 28 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 27 ▸
Chapter 5 320a8–322a33Chapter 8 324b25–326b28Chapter 9 326b29–327a29Chapter 10 327a30–328b22Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 6 333a16–334a14 -
History of Animals 24 ▸
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Parts of Animals 15 ▸
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Politics 9 ▸
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Rhetoric 8 ▸
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On the Heavens 4 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 2 284b6–286a2 -
On Colours 4 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 4 ▸
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Categories 3 ▸
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On Sleep 3 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 2 ▸
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Progression of Animals 2 ▸
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Movement of Animals 2 ▸
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On Memory 2 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 2 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
Open De Audibilibus ›Chapter 1 800a1–804b39 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 24 479a29–479b7 -
Sophistical Refutations 1 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 34 183a27–184b8 -
Topics 1 ▸
Open Topics ›Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 2 121b24–123a19
Dictionary (LSJ)
αὔξησις, εως, ἡ, A. growth, increase, Hp. VM 6; τῶν ἐχθρῶν Th. 1.69, cf. Plu. TG 13; κατὰ τὸ ποσόν Arist. Metaph. 1069b11; of the Delta, Hdt. 2.13: in Pl., increments, Pl. R. 546b; multiplications, Ascl. Tact. 2.7. 2. amplification, in Rhet., Arist. Rh. 1368a27, 1413b34; μετʼ αὐξήσεως ἐξαγγέλλειν Plb. 10.27.8, cf. D.H. Th. 19 (pl.). 3. Gramm., the augment, EM 338.47.
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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