ἔδαφος

edaphos

bottom, foundation, base

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 6
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Chapter 8 831a15–18

831a17
Chapter 59 834b31–34

834b33
Chapter 89 837b8–15

837b12
837b14
Chapter 112 840b32–841a8

841a6
Chapter 122 842a15–35

842a33
History of Animals 5
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Book IV 1
Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

534a11
Book IX 4
Chapter 32 618b18–619b12

619b2

Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

623b30
624a7
626b17
On Colours 1
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Chapter 5 794b12–797a32

796a14
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19

1406a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἔδαφος, εος, τό, A. bottom, foundation, base of anything, τῆς κατασκευῆς τὰ ἐ. Th. 1.10; ἔ. νηός bottom of a ship, Od. 5.249; ἔ. πλοίου D. 32.5, cf. Pherecr. 12; ἔ. ποταμοῦ, τῆς θαλάττης, X. Cyr. 7.5.18, Arist. HA 534a11; [ποτηρίου] Pherecr. 143.2. 2. ground-floor, pavement, οἴκου Hdt. 8.137; καθελεῖν ἐς ἔ. raze to the ground, Th. 3.68; τὸ ἔ. ὁμαλίσασι IGΙΙ(2).161 A 57 (Delos, iii B.C.); ἔπεσον εἰς τὸ ἔ. Act.Ap. 22.7; ἀπὸ ἐδάφους μέχρι παντὸς ὕψους CPR 95.17 (iii A. D.), etc. 3. ground, soil, περὶ τοῦ τῆς πατρίδος ἐδάφους ἀγωνίζεσθαι for our countryʼs soil, Aeschin. 3.134, cf. D. 26.11 (pl.); ἐχθρὸς τῷ τῆς πόλεως ἐδάφει, of a mortal foe, Id. 8.39, 10.11; ὀκρυόειν ἔ. Eleg.Alex. Adesp. 1.7; soil, viewed in regard to its quality, Thphr. CP 2.4.1 (pl.), 4.11.8: pl., ἐδάφη lands and tenements (incl. houses), Is. 11.42, IG 2.780, PTeb. 302.10 (i A.D.); also, masses of earth, Epicur. Ep. 2p.48U. 4. text of a manuscript, opp. margin (μέτωπον), Gal. 16.837, 18(2).864. b. manuscript, Id. 16.468 (s.v.l.). 5. background of puppet-theatre, Hero Aut. 30.1, al.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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