χρονίζω

chronizo

spend time

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Colours 4
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

794b26
795a12
Chapter 6 797a33–799b20

797b5
798b9
History of Animals 4
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Book III 1
Chapter 22 523a13–27

523a23
Book IV 2
Chapter 10 536b24–537b21

537a7
537a10
Book VI 1
Chapter 20 574a16–575a12

574b11
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21

1167a11
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 4 755a6–35

755a28
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 15 474b25–475b14

475b5
On Memory 1
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Chapter 2 451a18–453b11

451a30
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 14 674a9–676a5

675a7
Rhetoric 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34

1380b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

χρονίζω, (χρόνος): I. intr., spend time, περὶ Αἴγυπτον Hdt. 3.61. 2. last, continue, τὸ μὲν καλῶς ἔχον ὅπως χρονίζον εὖ μενεῖ βουλευτέον A. Ag. 847; ἐν τῇ ὑστέρᾳ Arist. HA 523a23; χρονίζωσι ib. 537a7; οὐ χ. τὸ ἀλγοῦν συνεχῶς ἐν τῇ σαρκί Epicur. Sent. 4, cf. Diog. Oen.58. 3. χ. δρῶν persevere in doing, Pl. Phdr. 255b. 4. take time, tarry, linger, A. Ag. 1356, Ch. 64 (lyr.), Th. 6.49, 8.16; κεχρονικότες, opp. ὑπόγυιοι τῇ ὀργῇ ὄντες, Arist. Rh. 1380b5; κεχρονικὼς ἐν Ῥώμῃ Plb. 33.16.6; χρονίσαι κατὰ τὸ βαλανεῖον Gal. 6.417; ἡ ναῦς καὶ τὸν χρόνον τοῦτον ὃν ἐπιστέλλω σοι χρονίζει Hp. Ep. 14: c. inf., delay to do, χ. καταβῆναι LXXEx. 32.1 (also χ. τοῦ ποιῆσαί τι ib. Ge. 34.19), Ev.Luc. 12.45. 5. of ailments, to be or become chronic, Hp. Aph. 3.28. 6. of wine, to be or become old, to have age, Ath. 1.33a. II. Pass., to be prolonged or delayed, τῶνδε πίστις οὐκ ὄκνῳ χρονίζεται A. Th. 54, cf. Ch. 957(lyr.); πολέμου χρονισθέντος And. 3.27; [τὴν εὔνοιαν] χρονιζομένην . . φιλίαν γενέσθαι Arist. EN 1167a11; χ. ἐν τῷ σώματι continue, Id. Pr. 907b22; τὰ κεχρονισμένα νοσήματα Gal. 18(2).31. 2. grow up, χρονισθεὶς δʼ ἀπέδειξεν ἔθος A. Ag. 727 (lyr.). 3. to be located in time, made temporal, Simp. in Ph. 716.11, Dam. Pr. 405.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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