βραχύβιος

brachybios

short-lived

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Length and Shortness of Life 11
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Chapter 1 464b19–465a12

464b20
464b24
464b27
464b29
465a1
465a8
465a10
Chapter 4 466a1–16

466a2
466a8
Chapter 5 466a17–467a5

466b11
466b27
History of Animals 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 15 493b12–494b18

494a1
Book II 1
Chapter 3 501b14–23

501b23
Book V 1
Chapter 18 549b29–550b21

550b14
Book IX 1
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35

608a12
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 15 474b25–475b14

474b30

Dictionary (LSJ)

βραχύβιος, ον, A. short-lived, Pl. R. 546a, Arist. HA 494a1, etc.: Comp., Hp. Art. 41, Arist. HA 501b23; of plants, Thphr. HP 4.13.1 (= χειλιδύνιον μέγα, Ps.-Dsc. 2.180): Sup. -ώτατος Str. 16.4.12.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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