διηθέω

dietheo

strain through, filter

Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 493a5–16

493a14
Book VIII 3
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

590a20
590a23

Chapter 24 604a22–605a15

604b29
Meteorology 4
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Book II 3
Chapter 2 354b1–356b3

354b17

Chapter 3 356b4–359b26

359b7

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

368a22
Book III 1
Chapter 1 370b3–371b17

371a27
Parts of Animals 4
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Book III 2
Chapter 9 671a26–672b9

671b20
672a2
Book IV 2
Chapter 3 677b11–36

677b26

Chapter 7 683b4–24

683b22
On Colours 3
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

795a18
795b6
Chapter 6 797a33–799b20

797b23
Sense and Sensibilia 2
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Chapter 4 440b26–442b26

441b5
441b18
Generation of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 4 769b30–773a29

773a27

Dictionary (LSJ)

διηθέω, A. strain through, filter, Hp. Acut. 7, Pl. Sph. 226b, Ti. 45c; οἶνον δ. πυρέττοντι Plu. 2.101c, cf. Mim.Oxy. 413.161:—Pass., Arist. Mete. 368a22, Plb. 34.9.10; of air in the lungs, Gal. 2.705; καθαρὸν καὶ διηθημένον [γένος], opp. μικτόν, Ph. 2.3. 2. wash out, cleanse, τὴν κοιλίην οἴνῳ, θυμιήμασι, Hdt. 2.86. II. intr., of liquid, filter through, percolate, Id. 2.93.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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