δύσις

dysis

setting of the sun

Appears 18 times across Aristotle's works.

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History of Animals 6
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Book V 2
Chapter 9 542b17–543a13

542b22

Chapter 10 543a14–543b5

543a15
Book VI 1
Chapter 11 566a2–566b1

566a21
Book VIII 3
Chapter 14 599a20–29

599a28

Chapter 15 599a30–600a9

599b11

Chapter 19 601b9–602b19

602b6
De Mundo 4
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Chapter 3 392b14–394a6

393a17
Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

394b21
394b26
Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

399a22
Meteorology 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 6 342b25–344a4

343b15
Book II 1
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20

361b32
Book III 2
Chapter 2 371b18–372b11

371b26

Chapter 5 375b16–377a28

375b26
On the Heavens 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 2 284b6–286a2

285b19

Chapter 14 296a24–298a20

298a6
On Colours 2
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Chapter 2 792a4–792b32

792a17
792a18

Dictionary (LSJ)

δύσις [ῠ], εως, ἡ, (δύω) A. setting of the sun or stars, opp. ἀνατολή, Heraclit. 120, A. Pr. 458; ἀμφὶ Πλειάδων δύσιν (cf. Πλειάδες) Id. Ag. 826; περὶ δύσιν Πλειάδος Damox. 2.19; δ. χειμερινή, θερινή, ἰσημερινή, Cleom. 1.9; δ. τροπική Str. 2.4.7; ἄχρι ἡλίου δύσεως IG 4.597 (Argos); ἁλίου ἄχρι δ. ib.606 (ibid.); Κυνὸς ψυχρὰν δ. S. Fr. 432.11; personified, PMag.Berol. 2.94: pl., δύσιες, opp. ἀντολαί, A.R. 1.85: metaph., δ. τοῦ λογισμοῦ Ph. 1.511. 2. quarter in which the sun sets, west, πρὸς ἡλίου δύσιν Th. 2.96; πρὸς δύσεις Arist. Mu. 393a18; ἀπὸ δύσεως CIG 1755 (Opus); πρὸς δύσει Plb. 1.42.5; πρὸς τὰς δύσεις βλέπειν Id. 5.104.7. II. hiding-place, Opp. H. 1.330.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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