χαυνότης

chaunotes

porousness, sponginess

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Eudemian Ethics 3
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26

1221a10
Book III 2
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30

1233a11
1233a16
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 7 1107a28–1108b10

1107b23
Book IV 1
Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35

1125a33

Dictionary (LSJ)

χαυνότης, ητος, ἡ, A. porousness, sponginess, τῆς γῆς interpol. in X. Oec. 19.11; τάφρου Plu. Pyrrh. 28; of snow, Id. 2.649c; of foam, ib.99b. 2. looseness of a bandage, Gal(?). ap.Orib. 46.1.15. II. metaph., empty conceit, vanity, ἀνοήτου ψυχῆς Pl. Tht. 175b; opp. μεγαλοψυχία, Arist. EN 1107b23.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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