βραχύτης

brachytes

shortness

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 3 781b30–784a22

782a2
On Length and Shortness of Life 1
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Chapter 1 464b19–465a12

464b20
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 353a32–354a34

354a18
Poetics 1
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Chapter 20 1456b20–1457a30

1456b32

Dictionary (LSJ)

βραχύτης [ῠ], ητος, ἡ, A. shortness, opp. μῆκος, Pl. Plt. 283c; μελέτης βραχύτητι with shortness of practice, Th. 1.138; narrowness, deficiency, μετὰ βραχύτητος γνώμης Id. 3.42. 2. smallness, τοῦ βάθους Arist. Mete. 354a18. 3. shortness of a syllable, in prosody, Pl. R. 400c (pl.), Arist. Po. 1456b32, Plu. 2.947e, S.E. M. 1.100. 4. scantiness, τῶν ὄντων Lib. Or. 62.59. 5. shallowness, θαλάττης Scyl. 112. 6. Rhet., use of a condensed or allusive expression, Trypho Trop.p.202 S.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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