δείνωσις

deinosis

exaggeration

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 4
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Book II 2
Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20

1395a9

Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28

1401b3
Book III 2
Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20

1417a13

Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8

1419b26

Dictionary (LSJ)

δείνωσις, εως, ἡ, A. exaggeration or exacerbation, Pl. Phdr. 272a, Quint. Inst. 6.2.24, Longin. 11.2, 12.5 (pl.), Demetr. Eloc. 130; αὔξησις καὶ δ. D.H. Vett.Cens. 2.5, cf. Lys. 19 (pl.). II. indignation, Arist. Rh. 1417a13, 1419b26. 2. frowning, ὀφρύες δεινώσιος μετέχουσαι Hp. Acut. 42.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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