βέλτιστος
beltistos
best, most excellent
Appears 127 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 127× · before him 20 · contemporaries 464
Frequency by work
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Eudemian Ethics 26 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book II 16 ▸
Book III 8 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1246b37–1248b7 -
Politics 25 ▸
Open Politics ›Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1309a33–1310a38 -
Topics 19 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 13 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1104b3–1105a16Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20 -
Rhetoric 10 ▸
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On the Heavens 3 ▸
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Generation of Animals 3 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 8 776a15–777a27Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 3 ▸
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Physics 3 ▸
Open Physics ›Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 245b3–248a9 -
Metaphysics 2 ▸
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Oeconomica 2 ▸
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Parts of Animals 2 ▸
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On Sleep 2 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
Open De Audibilibus ›Chapter 1 800a1–804b39 -
On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 1 462b12–463b11 -
Progression of Animals 1 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 12 711a8–711b32 -
Poetics 1 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 16 1454b19–1455a21
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