αὐξητικός

auxetikos

growing, of growth

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 4
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Book II 3
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20

744b34
744b35
745a3
Book V 1
Chapter 8 788b3–789b20

789a8
De Anima 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 4 415a14–416b31

416b12
416b13
On Generation and Corruption 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 5 320a8–322a33

322a12
322a27
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 2
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37

1368a10
1368a22
On the Heavens 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 3 310a16–311a14

310a29
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37

1219b39
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 1097a15–1098b8

1098a1
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 3 468b16–469a26

469a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

αὐξητικός, ή, όν, A. growing, of growth, ἡ αὐ. ζωή Arist. EN 1098a1; ψυχή Id. Juv. 469a26; αὐ. εἰς μῆκος Thphr. HP 1.9.1. Adv. -κῶς, κινεῖσθαι Ph. 1.492. II. Act., promoting growth, c. gen., σπληνός Hp. Acut. 62; μεγέθους S.E. M. 3.24: abs., τροφή Arist. GA 745a3; -κόν, τό, Id. Cael. 310a29. 2. metaph., amplificatory, in Rhet., Id. Rh. 1368a10, Longin. 11.2, etc. Adv. -κῶς Id. 38.2, Sch.Il.Oxy. 221 ix 31. III. productive, Aq. Is. 32.12.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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