εἰσδύω

eisdyno

get

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 11
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Book IV 5
Chapter 4 527b35–530a31

529b23
529b28

Chapter 6 531a8–531b19

531b16

Chapter 8 532b29–535a26

534b4
534b6
Book V 3
Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

548a16

Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

553b13

Chapter 32 557b1–31

557b28
Book VI 2
Chapter 1 558b8–559a14

559a9

Chapter 10 564b14–566a1

565a2
Book IX 1
Chapter 13 615b19–616a13

615b31
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 72 835b7–14

835b11
Chapter 99 838b3–11

838b4
On Dreams 1
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Chapter 2 459a23–460b27

460a22

Dictionary (LSJ)

εἰσδύω, εἰσδύνω and Med. εἰσδύομαι (v. δύω): fut. -δύσομαι, with aor. 2 -έδῡν: pf. -δέδῡκα:—A. get or crawl into, ἐς τὸν θησαυρόν Hdt. 2.121.βʹ; ψυχὴ ἐς ἄλλο ζῷον ἐσδύεται ib.123; εἰσεδύοντο εἰς τοὺς πόδας οἱ ἱμάντες the thongs entered into their feet, X. An. 4.5.14; εἰς τὴν Ἀμφικτυονίαν εἰσδεδυκώς having wormed his way into the League, D. 11.4. 2. c. acc., go into, enter, ἀκοντιστὺν ἐσδύσεαι Il. 23.622; ὁ ψὴν τὴν βάλανον ἐσδύνων Hdt. 1.193; ἄκακον..τρόπον εἰσδύς having put on.., Anaxil. 33.3. 3. folld. by relat., οὐκ εἶδεν οὗ γῆς εἰσέδυ saw not into what part of the earth she entered, E. IA 1583. II. of feelings, δεινόν τι ἐσέδυνέ σφι great fear came upon them, Hdt. 6.138; εἰσέδυ με..οἴστρημα καὶ μνήμη κακῶν S. OT 1317; [ἡ ἀλήθεια] εἰς τὰς ψυχὰς εἰσδύεται Plb. 13.5.5; λύπη εἰσδύνουσα Andronic. Rhod. P.571M.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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