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ἦχος

echos

sound

Appears 26 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἦχος, ὁ, A. later form of ἠχή, Arist. Aud. 804a30, Theoc. 27.57, Ep.Hebr. 12.19, Ael. Tact. 35.3, etc.; τεττίγων λιγὺν ἦ. Call. Aet.Oxy. 2079.29 (ἧχον Pap.); παγᾶς Mosch. Fr. 1.12; αὐλοῦ Id. 2.98; οἱ τῶν πριόνων ἦχοι A.D. Synt. 290.24; of the sound of words, opp. sense, Phld. Rh. 2.258S.; ἦχοι καὶ ψόφοι ib.1.150S.; τῆς φωνῆς ὁ ἦ. ἐν ταῖς ἀκοαῖς παραμένει Luc. Nigr. 7; γραμμάτων Demetr. Eloc. 71; ἦ. ἐν ὠσί, or abs., ἦχοι, ἦχος, ringing in the ears, Hp. Coac. 189, 190, Prorrh. 1.18, Thphr. Sens. 19; ἦχοι ὤτων Aret. SA 1.5. 2. echo, Arist. Pr. 899b30. 3. Gramm., breathing, ἦχοι ὁ μὲν δασύς, ὁ δὲ ψιλός Demetr. Eloc. 73. 4. voice, τὸν ἦ. εὔτονον καὶ λαμπρὸν ἀποτελεῖ Dsc. 5.17. (ἦχος, τό, is found in LXXJe. 28(51).16, dub. in Ev.Luc. 21.25.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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