εἰσπνοή

eispnoe

inspiration, inhalation

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 3
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Chapter 8 470b28–471a19

471a8
Chapter 11 472b6–473a2

472b21
472b24
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 2 781a14–781b29

781a25
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 34 832b29–30

832b30
Physics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 243a32–245b2

243b12

Dictionary (LSJ)

εἰσπνοή, ἡ, A. inspiration, inhalation, opp. ἐκπνοή, Arist. Resp. 471a8, cf. Str. 3.5.7; μιᾷ ἐσπνοῇ θνῄσκουσι Aret. SA 1.7.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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