ἔχις
echis
viper
Appears 2,644 times across Aristotle's works.
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History of Animals 727 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 110 ▸
Chapter 1 486a5–488b28Chapter 3 489a8–19Chapter 5 489a34–490b6Chapter 7 491a27–491b8Chapter 13 493a17–493b1Chapter 16 494b19–496a3Book II 191 ▸
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4- 497b10
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Chapter 3 501b14–23Chapter 6 502a3–4Chapter 14 505b5–24Chapter 15 505b25–506b23Book III 105 ▸
Chapter 1 509a27–511a35Chapter 2 511b1–512b11Chapter 3 512b12–514a22Chapter 6 515b27–516a7Chapter 7 516a8–516b30Chapter 18 520b3–9Chapter 20 521b4–522b5Chapter 22 523a13–27Book IV 136 ▸
Chapter 2 525a30–527a35Chapter 4 527b35–530a31Chapter 7 531b20–532b28Chapter 8 532b29–535a26Book V 36 ▸
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25Chapter 30 556a14–556b20Chapter 32 557b1–31Chapter 34 558a25–558b4Book VI 52 ▸
Chapter 11 566a2–566b1Chapter 18 571b3–573b16Chapter 20 574a16–575a12Chapter 21 575a13–575b20Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Book VII 13 ▸
Book VIII 35 ▸
Chapter 7 595b4–21Chapter 12 596b19–597b30Chapter 17 600a27–601a22Chapter 18 601a23–601b8Chapter 20 602b20–603a29Chapter 21 603a30–604a3Chapter 24 604a22–605a15Chapter 27 605b6–21Chapter 28 605b22–607a8Chapter 29 607a9–34Book IX 49 ▸
Chapter 12 615a20–615b18Chapter 13 615b19–616a13Chapter 17 616b19–32Chapter 19 617a11–17Chapter 21 617a23–27Chapter 26 617b23–26Chapter 35 620a13–16Chapter 36 620a17–620b9Chapter 39 622b27–623b4Chapter 41 627b23–628b31Chapter 42 628b32–629a28Chapter 43 629a29–629b4Chapter 44 629b5–630a17 -
Parts of Animals 353 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 17 ▸
Book II 97 ▸
Chapter 15 658b14–26Book III 81 ▸
Chapter 5 667b10–668b32Chapter 10 672b10–673a31Chapter 13 674a4–8Chapter 14 674a9–676a5Book IV 158 ▸
Chapter 5 678a27–682a34Chapter 10 685b29–690b10Chapter 13 695a28–697b13 -
Generation of Animals 193 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 46 ▸
Chapter 9 718b27–31Chapter 10 718b32–35Chapter 12 719a30–719b28Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 17 721a30–721b35Chapter 23 730b33–731b14Book II 55 ▸
Book III 45 ▸
Book IV 19 ▸
Book V 28 ▸
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Metaphysics 165 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 9 ▸
Book α 7 ▸
Book Β 6 ▸
Book Γ 11 ▸
Book Δ 26 ▸
Chapter 9 1017b27–1018a19Chapter 23 1023a8–25Chapter 26 1023b26–1024a10Book Ζ 22 ▸
Chapter 5 1030b14–1031a14Chapter 6 1031a15–1032a11Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35Chapter 13 1038b1–1039a23Book Η 10 ▸
Book Θ 12 ▸
Book Ι 16 ▸
Chapter 3 1054a20–1055a2Chapter 5 1055b30–1056b2Chapter 7 1057a18–1057b34Chapter 8 1057b35–1058a28Chapter 10 1058b26–1059a14Book Κ 9 ▸
Book Λ 18 ▸
Book Μ 11 ▸
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Politics 141 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 17 ▸
Chapter 3 1253b1–22Chapter 6 1255a3–1255b15Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18Chapter 12 1259a37–1259b17Book II 35 ▸
Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36Chapter 7 1266a31–1267b21Book III 26 ▸
Chapter 1 1274b32–1275b21Chapter 2 1275b22–1276a5Chapter 9 1280a7–1281a10Chapter 10 1281a11–38Chapter 12 1282b14–1283a22Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35Book IV 6 ▸
Book V 6 ▸
Book VI 12 ▸
Book VII 24 ▸
Chapter 5 1326b26–1327a10Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2 -
Physics 110 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 13 ▸
Book II 21 ▸
Book III 10 ▸
Book IV 25 ▸
Chapter 2 209a31–210a13Chapter 3 210a14–210b31Chapter 10 217b29–218b20Chapter 11 218b21–220a26Chapter 14 222b30–224a17Book VI 4 ▸
Book VIII 29 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 100 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 10 ▸
Book II 16 ▸
Book III 7 ▸
Book IV 8 ▸
Book V 14 ▸
Chapter 1 1129a3–1130a13Chapter 4 1131b25–1132b20Chapter 6 1134a17–1134b17Chapter 9 1136a10–1137a30Book VI 8 ▸
Book VII 14 ▸
Book VIII 7 ▸
Book IX 13 ▸
Chapter 1 1163b32–1164b21Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36Chapter 4 1166a1–1166b29Chapter 5 1166b30–1167a21Chapter 10 1170b20–1171a20Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28Chapter 12 1171b29–1172a15 -
On the Heavens 87 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 27 ▸
Chapter 2 268b11–269b17Chapter 3 269b18–270b31Chapter 6 273a7–274a29Chapter 9 277b27–279b3Chapter 11 280b1–281a27Book II 31 ▸
Chapter 1 283b26–284b5Chapter 8 289b1–290b11Chapter 9 290b12–291a28Chapter 10 291a29–291b10Book III 11 ▸
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Meteorology 77 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 13 ▸
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Book III 11 ▸
Book IV 40 ▸
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De Anima 76 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 17 ▸
Book II 35 ▸
Chapter 6 418a7–25Book III 24 ▸
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Rhetoric 75 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 26 ▸
Chapter 6 1362a15–1363b4Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23Book II 21 ▸
Chapter 5 1382a20–1383b10Chapter 8 1385b11–1386b7Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12Chapter 18 1391b7–1392a7Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6Book III 28 ▸
Chapter 1 1404a6–39Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34Chapter 5 1407a19–1407b25 -
Eudemian Ethics 57 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 8 ▸
Book II 17 ▸
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26Chapter 5 1222a6–1222b14Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20Book III 9 ▸
Book VII 17 ▸
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Topics 54 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 47 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 1 164a20–165a37Chapter 10 170b12–171b2Chapter 12 172b9–173a30Chapter 14 173b17–174a16Chapter 16 175a1–30Chapter 17 175a31–176b28Chapter 22 178a4–179a10Chapter 28 181a22–30Chapter 34 183a27–184b8 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 46 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 4 469a27–469b20Chapter 6 470a19–470b5Chapter 12 473a3–14Chapter 17 476a16–476b12Chapter 21 478a11–25Chapter 23 478b22–479a28Chapter 25 479b8–16Chapter 26 479b17–480a15 -
Progression of Animals 39 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 2 704b12–705a2Chapter 11 710b5–711a7Chapter 14 712a23–712b21Chapter 16 713a26–713b20Chapter 17 713b21–714a19Chapter 18 714a20–714b7Chapter 19 714b8–23 -
Posterior Analytics 37 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 25 ▸
Chapter 5 74a4–74b4Chapter 8 75b21–36Chapter 12 77a36–78a21Chapter 23 84b3–85a12Chapter 24 85a13–86a30Chapter 25 86a31–86b39Chapter 31 87b28–88a17Chapter 33 88b30–89b9Chapter 34 89b10–20 -
Prior Analytics 28 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 14 ▸
Chapter 3 25a27–25b25Chapter 8 29b29–30a14Chapter 15 33b25–35b22Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 25 41b36–42b26Chapter 30 46a3–30Chapter 31 46a31–46b39Chapter 32 46b40–47b14Chapter 35 48a29–39 -
On Generation and Corruption 27 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 17 ▸
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Poetics 25 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 1 1447a8–1447b29Chapter 5 1449a32–1449b20Chapter 11 1452a22–1452b13Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39Chapter 14 1453b1–1454a15Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6 -
Mechanica 24 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 3 850a3–29Chapter 6 850b28–851a37Chapter 8 851b6–852a13Chapter 11 852a29–37Chapter 17 853a19–31Chapter 30 857b21–858a2 -
Sense and Sensibilia 19 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 16 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 1 830a5–25Chapter 11 831a27–31Chapter 30 832b7–16Chapter 51 834a12–22Chapter 58 834b18–30Chapter 78 835b33–836a6Chapter 81 836a24–836b12Chapter 83 836b27–29Chapter 112 840b32–841a8Chapter 142 845a10–14Chapter 151 845b16–32Chapter 160 846a33–37Chapter 161 846a38–846b2Chapter 165 846b18–21 -
Movement of Animals 12 ▸
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On Memory 4 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 1 462b12–463b11
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἔχις [Nic. Th. 223, -ῑς metri gr. IG 2.1660], εως, ὁ (ἡ Opp. C. 3.439), gen. pl. ἔχεων Pl. Euthd. 290a: gen. sg. ἔχιος Nic. Th. 130: pl., dat. ἐχίεσσι ib.826; gen. ἐχίων ib.653; acc. ἔχιας ib.9, but ἔχεις Thphr. Char. 1.7:—A. viper, Pl. Smp. 217e, Arist. HA 511a16, etc.: metaph., συκοφάντης καὶ ἔ. τὴν φύσιν D. 25.96; ὥσπερ ἔ. ἢ σκορπίος ἠρκὼς τὸ κέντρον ib.52; cf. ἔχιδνα. II. = ἔχιον II, Nic. Th. 541, 636, Plin. HN 22.50.
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