εἶδος
eidos
that which is seen: form, shape
Appears 1,069 times across Aristotle's works.
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Metaphysics 329 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 48 ▸
Book α 2 ▸
Book Β 24 ▸
Chapter 6 1002b12–1003a17
Book Γ 6 ▸
Chapter 2 1003a33–1005a18
Book Δ 38 ▸
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25
Chapter 3 1014a26–1014b15
Chapter 4 1014b16–1015a19
Chapter 9 1017b27–1018a19
Chapter 10 1018a20–1018b8
Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3
Chapter 24 1023a26–1023b11
Chapter 28 1024a29–1024b16
Book Ζ 73 ▸
Chapter 3 1028b33–1029a34
Chapter 6 1031a15–1032a11
Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23
Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25
Chapter 11 1036a26–1037b7
Chapter 12 1037b8–1038a35
Chapter 14 1039a24–1039b19
Chapter 15 1039b20–1040b4
Chapter 17 1041a6–1041b33
Book Η 10 ▸
Chapter 3 1043a29–1044a14
Chapter 4 1044a15–1044b20
Book Θ 5 ▸
Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35
Book Ι 16 ▸
Chapter 7 1057a18–1057b34
Chapter 8 1057b35–1058a28
Chapter 9 1058a29–1058b25
Chapter 10 1058b26–1059a14
Book Κ 17 ▸
Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16
Chapter 10 1066a35–1067a37
Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14
Book Λ 25 ▸
Chapter 3 1069b35–1070a30
Chapter 4 1070a31–1070b35
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4
Book Μ 54 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16
Chapter 5 1079b12–1080a11
Chapter 6 1080a12–1080b36
Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37
Chapter 10 1086b14–1087a25
Book Ν 11 ▸
Chapter 1 1087a29–1088b13
Chapter 2 1088b14–1090a15
Chapter 3 1090a16–1091a22
Chapter 6 1092b26–1093b29
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Topics 187 ▸
Open Topics › Book I 9 ▸
Book II 13 ▸
Book III 3 ▸
Book IV 115 ▸
Book V 6 ▸
Book VI 39 ▸
Book VII 2 ▸
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Politics 83 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 11 ▸
Chapter 2 1252a24–1253a39
Chapter 9 1256b40–1258a18
Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36
Chapter 12 1259a37–1259b17
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Book III 19 ▸
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32
Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32
Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40
Chapter 16 1287a1–1287b35
Book IV 43 ▸
Chapter 1 1288b10–1289a25
Chapter 2 1289a26–1289b26
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38
Chapter 5 1292a39–1292b21
Chapter 6 1292b22–1293a34
Chapter 7 1293a35–1293b21
Chapter 8 1293b22–1294a29
Chapter 12 1296b13–1297a13
Chapter 15 1299a3–1300b12
Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15
Book V 2 ▸
Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36
Chapter 11 1313a15–1315b10
Book VI 4 ▸
Chapter 1 1316b31–1317a39
Book VII 2 ▸
Chapter 5 1326b26–1327a10
Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23
Book VIII 1 ▸
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Physics 80 ▸
Open Physics › Book I 9 ▸
Book II 15 ▸
Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 18 ▸
Book V 13 ▸
Book VI 2 ▸
Book VII 9 ▸
Book VIII 6 ▸
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Rhetoric 45 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 17 ▸
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35
Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29
Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23
Book II 16 ▸
Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19
Chapter 19 1392a8–1393a22
Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18
Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5
Book III 12 ▸
Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20
Chapter 8 1408b21–1409a21
Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30
Chapter 13 1414a31–1414b18
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39
Chapter 18 1418b40–1419b9
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History of Animals 39 ▸
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De Anima 31 ▸
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Parts of Animals 31 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 28 ▸
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Poetics 28 ▸
Open Poetics › Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20
Chapter 16 1454b19–1455a21
Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32
Chapter 19 1456a33–1456b19
Chapter 20 1456b20–1457a30
Chapter 21 1457a31–1458a17
Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16
Chapter 25 1460b6–1461b25
Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19
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Categories 26 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 26 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 3 ▸
Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14
Book V 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1131a10–1131b24
Chapter 4 1131b25–1132b20
Chapter 7 1134b18–1135a14
Book VI 3 ▸
Chapter 8 1141b23–1142a30
Chapter 13 1144b1–1145a11
Book VII 3 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20
Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23
Book VIII 7 ▸
Chapter 7 1158b11–1159a11
Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9
Book IX 1 ▸
Book X 5 ▸
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29
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Eudemian Ethics 20 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics › Book I 1 ▸
Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1218b31–1220a37
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26
Book III 2 ▸
Chapter 1 1228a23–1230a33
Chapter 4 1231b27–1232a18
Book VII 14 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14
Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38
Book VIII 1 ▸
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On the Heavens 19 ▸
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Meteorology 19 ▸
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Generation of Animals 17 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 16 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 8 ▸
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Prior Analytics 6 ▸
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Physiognomonics 6 ▸
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Oeconomica 5 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 5 ▸
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Movement of Animals 3 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 3 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 2 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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On Colours 1 ▸
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De Mundo 1 ▸
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De Interpretatione 1 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
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On Memory 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
εἶδος, εος, τό, (εἴδω A) A. that which is seen: form, shape, freq. in Hom., of the human form or figure, esp. abs. in acc. with Adjs., εἶδος ἄριστος, ἀγητός, κακός, Il. 3.39,5.787, 10.316; ἀλίγκιος ἀθανάτοισιν Od. 8.174; opp. φρένες, 17.454; opp. βίη, Il. 21.316; δευτέρα πεδʼ Ἀγιδὼν τὸ εἶ. Alcm. 23.58; τὸ εἶδος τῆς γυναικὸς ὑπερεπαινέων Hdt. 1.8, etc.; appearance, of a dog, Od. 17.308; ὄφιες ποικίλοι τὰ εἴδεα Hdt. 3.107; εἴδεα [τῶν θεῶν] σημήναντες Id. 2.53; γυνὴ τό γʼ εἶδος Ar. Th. 267: hence, periphr. for person, S. El. 1177; τὸ ἐπʼ εἴδει καλόν Pl. Smp. 210b. b. esp. of beauty of person, comeliness, εἴδεος ἐπαμμένος Hdt. 1.199; πλούτῳ καὶ εἴδει προφέρων Id. 6.127. c. Medic., physique, habit of body, constitution, Hp. Nat.Hom. 9, Hum. 1: more freq. in pl., Id. Aër. 3, al.; εἴδεα εὔχροά τε καὶ ἀνθηρά ib.5. 2. generally, shape, σχῆμα καὶ εἶδος Id. Off. 3, cf. Mochl. 6, etc.; pattern, of ‘figurate’ numbers, Arist. Ph. 203a15; ἡ μονὰς εἶδος εἰδῶν τυγχάνει Theol.Ar. 4, cf. 17; decorative pattern or figure, Plu. Them. 29 (pl.); of a musical scale, τοῦ διὰ τεσσάρων τρία εἰδη Aristox. Harm.p.74 M. (identified with σχῆμα, ibid.): in pl., shapes, i.e. various kinds of atoms (cf. ἰδέα), Democr. ap. Thphr. Sens. 51. b. Geom., δύο εἴδη τῷ εἴδει δεδομένα two figures given in species, Euc. Dat. 53, etc.; esp. in central conics, rectangle formed by a transverse diameter and the corresponding parameter, Apollon.Perg. Con. 1.14,21, al.; also, species of numbers, of the terms in an algebraical expression involving different powers of the unknown quantity, Dioph. Def. 11. II. form, kind, or nature, τῶν ἀλλέων παιγνιέων τὰ εἴδεα Hdt. 1.94; τὸ εἶ. τῆς νόσου Th. 2.50, etc.; ἐν ἁρμονίας εἴδει εἶναι, γενέσθαι, to be or become like . . , Pl. Phd. 91d, cf. Cra. 394d; ὡς ἐν φαρμάκου εἴδει by way of medicine, Id. R. 389b; νόμων ἔχει εἶδος is in the province of law, Arist. Pol. 1286a3; situation, state of things, σκέψασθε ἐν οἵῳ εἴδει . . τοῦτο ἔπραξαν Th. 3.62; plan of action, policy, ἐπὶ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι Id. 6.77, 8.56; ἐπʼ ἄλλʼ εἶδος τρέπεσθαι take up another line, Ar. Pl. 317; specific notion, meaning, idea, ἂν παρέχῃ τὸ ἓν εἶ. δύο ὀνόματα . . , περὶ ἑνὸς εἴδεος δύο ὀνόματα οὐ τὰ αὐτά Aen.Tact. 24.1; department, Hp. VM 12 (but also, elementary nature or quality, ib. 15); type, sort, πυρετῶν Id. Epid. 3.12; αὐγῆς Id. Off. 3, etc.: Rhet., style of writing, τὰ εἴδη τῶν λόγων Isoc. 13.17, cf. Arist. Rh.Al. 1441b9 (pl.); later, definite literary form, Men.Rh.init., Procl. Chrest. p.243 W., EM 295.52; also, example of a style, ὅλοις εἴδεσι Isoc. 15.74; later, single poem, applied to Pindarʼs odes by Sch.; also, written statement, ἀναγνωσθέντος εἴδους PAmh. 2.65.11 (ii A.D.), cf. PTeb. 287.12 (ii A.D.). III. class, kind, πᾶν τὸ τῶν πίστεων εἶδος Isoc. 15.280, cf. D. 24.192: freq. in Pl., περὶ παντὸς τοῦ εἴδους . . ἐν ᾧ . . Tht. 178a; ἑνὶ εἴδει περιλαβεῖν ib.148d; εἰς ταὐτὸν ἐμπέπτωκεν εἶδος ib. 205d, etc.; logical species, Sph. 235d; ἓν εἶδος ἀποχωρίζειν Plt. 262e; τὰς διαφορὰς ὁπόσαιπερ ἐν εἴδεσι κεῖνται, ib.285b, al., cf. Arist. Metaph. 1057b7, al., Cat. 2b7; as a subdivision of γένος, Id. Rh. 1393a27; ἐπὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ γένους πεύκη, εἴδει διαφέρουσα, Dsc. 1.69. 2. = ἰδέα II.2, Pl. Phd. 103e, R. 596a, Prm. 132a, al., Arist. Metaph. 990b9, al., etc. 3. form, opp. matter (ὕλη), Id. Ph. 187a18, al., Metaph. 1029a29: hence, formal cause, essence, ib.1032b1, etc. IV. in later Gr., wares of different kinds, goods, POxy. 109.1 (iii/iv A.D.), PFay. 34.7 (ii A.D.): hence, payments in kind, opp. χρυσίον, Just. Nov. 17.8, cf. Cod.Just. 1.4.18, al.; spices, Lyd. Mag. 3.61; groceries, Anon.post Max.p.120 L.; εἶ. ἰατρικόν drug, Hsch. s.v. νίτρον, cf. Hippiatr. 129.54 and v. ἑξάειδος, τετράειδος, τρίειδος; of a chemical reagent, Zos.Alch.p.205 B.
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