βροτός

brotos

mortal man

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

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Topics 5
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Book V 4
Chapter 4 132a22–134a4

133a32

Chapter 7 136b15–137b13

137a35
137a36
137a37
Book VI 1
Chapter 11 148b23–149a28

149a7
Rhetoric 4
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Book II 4
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33

1397a17
1397a19
1397b3

Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28

1402a12
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33

1230a1
Politics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19

1339b22

Dictionary (LSJ)

βροτός, ὁ, poet. Noun, A. mortal man, opp. ἀθάνατος or θεός, in Hom. usu. Subst., οἷοι νῦν βροτοί εἰσι Il. 5.304, al.; βροτὸς εἰς θεόν E. Andr. 1196 (lyr.); λόγος τις Ζῆνα μιχθῆναι βροτῷ A. Supp. 295; θεοῦ δὲ πληγὴν οὐχ ὑπερπηδᾷ βροτός S. Fr. 961; βροτοί,opp.νεκροί, Id. Ant. 850 (lyr.); but β. ἀνήρ Il. 5.361; and so β. ἔθνος Pi. P. 10.28: as fem., β. αὐδήεσσα Od. 5.334; β. οὖσαν AP 9.89 (Phil.); but βροταί· γυναῖκες, Hsch. (s.v.l.): freq. in gen. pl., after πολλοί B. 1.42, S. OT 981, etc.; after τίς ib.437, etc.; βροτοί never takes the Art. in Trag. and Com., exc. when an Adj. or Pron. is added, τῶν πολυπόνων β. E. Or. 175; ἡμεῖς οἱ β. Ar. Eq. 601, Pax 849, cf. Sannyr. 1; οἱ ταλαίπωροι β. Alex. 66; οἱ πάντες β. Men. 538.8.—Rare in Prose, Pl. R. 566d, Arist. Top. 133a31, 149a7. II. of the dead, A. Ch. 129 (v.l. νεκροῖς Sch.). (From Μροτός (cf. ἄ-μβροτος, μορτός), Skt. mṛtás ‘dead’, Lat. morior, etc.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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