δέω
deo
lack, miss, stand in need of
Appears 2,480 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 31× · before him 122 · contemporaries 256
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Politics 481 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 35 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39Chapter 3 1253b1–22Chapter 5 1254a17–1255a2Chapter 12 1259a37–1259b17Book II 79 ▸
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25Chapter 6 1264b26–1266a30Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28Book III 57 ▸
Chapter 6 1278b6–1279a21Chapter 7 1279a22–1279b10Chapter 8 1279b11–1280a6Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32Book IV 50 ▸
Chapter 5 1292a39–1292b21Chapter 10 1295a1–24Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15Book V 42 ▸
Chapter 2 1302a16–1302b4Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10Chapter 12 1315b11–1316b27Book VI 45 ▸
Book VII 132 ▸
Chapter 14 1332b12–1334a10Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2Book VIII 41 ▸
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19 -
Nicomachean Ethics 340 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 8 ▸
Book II 28 ▸
Chapter 4 1105a17–1105b18Book III 42 ▸
Chapter 8 1116a15–1117a28Chapter 9 1117a29–1117b22Chapter 11 1118b8–1119a20Book IV 86 ▸
Chapter 1 1119b22–1122a17Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10Book V 27 ▸
Chapter 1 1129a3–1130a13Chapter 3 1131a10–1131b24Chapter 5 1132b21–1134a16Chapter 6 1134a17–1134b17Chapter 10 1137a31–1138a3Book VI 26 ▸
Chapter 2 1138b35–1139b13Chapter 3 1139b14–36Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30Chapter 10 1142b34–1143a18Book VII 22 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14Chapter 6 1149a24–1150a8Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28Chapter 10 1152a6–36Chapter 13 1153b1–1154a7Book VIII 29 ▸
Chapter 1 1155a3–1155b16Chapter 3 1156a6–1156b32Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9Book IX 44 ▸
Chapter 9 1169b3–1170b19Book X 28 ▸
Chapter 2 1172b9–1173a12Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20 -
Rhetoric 245 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 61 ▸
Book II 87 ▸
Chapter 1 1378a16–29Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19Chapter 8 1385b11–1386b7Chapter 10 1387b22–1388a30Chapter 14 1390a28–1390b13Chapter 16 1390b32–1391a19Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28Book III 97 ▸
Chapter 13 1414a31–1414b18Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3Chapter 16 1416b16–1417b20Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39 -
Metaphysics 179 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 13 ▸
Book Β 18 ▸
Book Γ 12 ▸
Book Ε 5 ▸
Book Ζ 27 ▸
Chapter 3 1028b33–1029a34Book Η 11 ▸
Book Θ 8 ▸
Book Ι 10 ▸
Book Κ 28 ▸
Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16Chapter 9 1065b5–1066a34Chapter 10 1066a35–1067a37Book Λ 16 ▸
Book Μ 9 ▸
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Topics 156 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 23 ▸
Chapter 9 103b20–104a2Chapter 17 108a7–17Chapter 18 108a18–108b33Book II 7 ▸
Book III 7 ▸
Book IV 13 ▸
Book V 10 ▸
Book VI 36 ▸
Chapter 3 140a23–141a22Chapter 9 147a12–148a9Chapter 14 151a20–151b24Book VII 20 ▸
Book VIII 40 ▸
Chapter 9 160b14–22 -
Eudemian Ethics 131 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 16 ▸
Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33Chapter 9 1225a34–1225b16Book III 28 ▸
Chapter 6 1233a31–1233b15Book VII 46 ▸
Chapter 5 1239b3–1240a4Chapter 6 1240a5–1240b37Chapter 8 1241a34–1241b9 -
Generation of Animals 116 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 25 ▸
Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 8 718a35–718b26Chapter 11 718b36–719a29Chapter 19 726a28–727b32Chapter 21 729a34–730a31Book II 31 ▸
Chapter 7 745b21–747a22Book III 29 ▸
Chapter 7 757a14–757b30Chapter 8 757b31–758a25Chapter 9 758a26–759a7Book IV 20 ▸
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Parts of Animals 93 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 18 ▸
Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 5 651a20–651b19Chapter 13 657a25–658a10Chapter 15 658b14–26Chapter 16 658b27–660a13Book III 24 ▸
Chapter 2 662b23–664a11Chapter 6 668b33–669b12Book IV 28 ▸
Chapter 2 676b16–677b10Chapter 7 683b4–24 -
Physics 83 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 13 ▸
Book II 8 ▸
Book III 12 ▸
Book IV 15 ▸
Chapter 3 210a14–210b31Chapter 5 212a31–213a11Chapter 9 216b22–217b28Chapter 10 217b29–218b20Chapter 13 222a10–222b29Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 9 239b5–240b7Book VIII 24 ▸
Chapter 3 253a22–254b6Chapter 4 254b7–256a3Chapter 9 265a13–266a9 -
Posterior Analytics 74 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 47 ▸
Chapter 1 71a1–71b8Chapter 5 74a4–74b4Chapter 9 75b37–76a30Chapter 12 77a36–78a21Chapter 13 78a22–79a16Chapter 15 79a33–79b22Chapter 16 79b23–80b16Chapter 19 81b10–82a20Chapter 24 85a13–86a30Chapter 28 87a38–87b4Chapter 33 88b30–89b9Book II 27 ▸
Chapter 6 92a6–33Chapter 9 93b21–28 -
Prior Analytics 64 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 45 ▸
Chapter 14 32b38–33b24Chapter 17 36b26–37b18Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 26 42b27–43a19Chapter 29 45a23–46a2Chapter 33 47b15–39Chapter 35 48a29–39Chapter 36 48a40–49a5Chapter 39 49b3–9Chapter 41 49b14–50a4Chapter 45 50b5–51b4 -
Poetics 64 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 1 1447a8–1447b29Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11Chapter 10 1452a12–21Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6 -
Meteorology 56 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 24 ▸
Chapter 4 341b1–342a33Chapter 5 342a34–342b24Chapter 9 346b16–347a12Book II 20 ▸
Chapter 4 359b27–361b13Book III 7 ▸
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Oeconomica 47 ▸
Open Oeconomica ›Book I 14 ▸
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De Anima 43 ▸
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On the Heavens 40 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 38 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 2 165a38–165b11Chapter 13 173a31–173b16Chapter 14 173b17–174a16Chapter 25 180a23–180b39Chapter 34 183a27–184b8 -
On Generation and Corruption 33 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 20 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 33 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 1 467b10–468a12Chapter 3 468b16–469a26Chapter 4 469a27–469b20Chapter 8 470b28–471a19Chapter 9 471a20–471b29 -
Movement of Animals 29 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 6 700b4–701a6Chapter 8 701b33–702b11Chapter 11 703b3–704b3 -
History of Animals 25 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4Book III 3 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 2 525a30–527a35Book VI 5 ▸
Book VII 4 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 28 605b22–607a8 -
De Interpretatione 13 ▸
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Progression of Animals 11 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 2 704b12–705a2Chapter 4 705a26–706a25Chapter 6 706b17–707a15Chapter 7 707a16–708a8Chapter 8 708a9–708b19Chapter 12 711a8–711b32Chapter 15 712b22–713a25Chapter 16 713a26–713b20Chapter 19 714b8–23 -
De Audibilibus 4 ▸
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On Colours 4 ▸
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On Dreams 4 ▸
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Categories 3 ▸
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De Mundo 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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On Sleep 2 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 1 462b12–463b11 -
De Lineis Insecabilibus 1 ▸
Open De Lineis Insecabilibus ›Chapter 1 968a1–972b33
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