δύναμαι
dynamai
to be able, strong enough
Appears 861 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 861× · before him 656 · contemporaries 2,648
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Politics 120 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 14 ▸
Chapter 3 1253b1–22Chapter 4 1253b23–1254a16Chapter 5 1254a17–1255a2Chapter 8 1256a1–1256b39Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36Book II 14 ▸
Book III 14 ▸
Chapter 2 1275b22–1276a5Chapter 5 1277b33–1278b5Chapter 13 1283a23–1284b34Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40Chapter 18 1288a32–1288b6Book IV 13 ▸
Book V 17 ▸
Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36Chapter 8 1307b26–1309a32Book VI 9 ▸
Book VII 22 ▸
Chapter 3 1325a16–1325b32Chapter 5 1326b26–1327a10Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33 -
History of Animals 80 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4Book V 9 ▸
Book VI 12 ▸
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3Chapter 6 563a17–563b13Chapter 8 564a7–24Chapter 9 564a25–564b13Chapter 12 566b2–567a16Chapter 20 574a16–575a12Chapter 21 575a13–575b20Chapter 29 578b6–579a17Book VII 10 ▸
Book VIII 19 ▸
Chapter 1 588a16–589a9Chapter 3 592a28–594a3Chapter 4 594a4–24Chapter 7 595b4–21Chapter 8 595b22–596a2Chapter 12 596b19–597b30Chapter 17 600a27–601a22Chapter 21 603a30–604a3Chapter 23 604a13–21Chapter 24 604a22–605a15Chapter 26 605a23–605b5Chapter 28 605b22–607a8Book IX 19 ▸
Chapter 8 613b6–614a33Chapter 29 618a8–30Chapter 32 618b18–619b12Chapter 34 619b18–620a12Chapter 39 622b27–623b4Chapter 44 629b5–630a17Chapter 46 630b18–30 -
Metaphysics 67 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 8 ▸
Book Β 1 ▸
Chapter 3 998a20–999a23Book Γ 3 ▸
Book Δ 12 ▸
Book Ζ 5 ▸
Book Θ 17 ▸
Book Λ 6 ▸
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Generation of Animals 65 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 17 ▸
Book II 12 ▸
Book III 5 ▸
Book IV 23 ▸
Chapter 8 776a15–777a27 -
Rhetoric 60 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 24 ▸
Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3Chapter 8 1365b21–1366a22Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23Book II 30 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19Chapter 6 1383b11–1385a15Chapter 9 1386b8–1387b21Chapter 17 1391a20–1391b6Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5 -
Nicomachean Ethics 49 ▸
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Meteorology 42 ▸
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Parts of Animals 39 ▸
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On the Heavens 35 ▸
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Topics 31 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 27 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 5 166b28–168a16Chapter 6 168a17–169a21Chapter 8 169b18–170a19Chapter 9 170a20–170b11Chapter 11 171b3–172b8Chapter 12 172b9–173a30Chapter 14 173b17–174a16Chapter 15 174a17–174b40Chapter 16 175a1–30Chapter 25 180a23–180b39 -
Eudemian Ethics 24 ▸
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De Anima 23 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book II 12 ▸
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Progression of Animals 19 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 3 705a3–25Chapter 4 705a26–706a25Chapter 6 706b17–707a15Chapter 8 708a9–708b19Chapter 12 711a8–711b32Chapter 14 712a23–712b21 -
On Generation and Corruption 17 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 13 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 17 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 5 469b21–470a18Chapter 6 470a19–470b5Chapter 7 470b6–27Chapter 11 472b6–473a2Chapter 21 478a11–25Chapter 22 478a26–478b21 -
Physics 16 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 6 189a11–189b29Book III 5 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 12 220a27–222a9Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 2 225b10–226b17Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 245b3–248a9 -
On Memory 4 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 3 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 3 ▸
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Movement of Animals 3 ▸
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Poetics 3 ▸
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De Mundo 2 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 2 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2 ▸
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Physiognomonics 2 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 2 ▸
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