εἴτε
eite
sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or..
Appears 287 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Metaphysics 47 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 8 ▸
Book Β 4 ▸
Book Γ 3 ▸
Chapter 2 1003a33–1005a18
Book Δ 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1014a26–1014b15
Chapter 12 1019a15–1020a6
Book Ι 2 ▸
Chapter 8 1057b35–1058a28
Book Κ 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16
Chapter 7 1063b36–1064b14
Book Λ 7 ▸
Chapter 8 1073a14–1074b14
Chapter 9 1074b15–1075a10
Book Μ 9 ▸
Chapter 7 1080b37–1082b37
Book Ν 6 ▸
Chapter 3 1090a16–1091a22
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On the Heavens 37 ▸
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Physics 28 ▸
Open Physics › Book I 6 ▸
Book II 4 ▸
Book IV 6 ▸
Book VI 6 ▸
Book VII 2 ▸
Book VIII 4 ▸
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Politics 27 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 5 ▸
Chapter 13 1259b18–1260b24
Book II 10 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15
Chapter 5 1262b37–1264b25
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Book IV 2 ▸
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38
Book VII 10 ▸
Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23
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Nicomachean Ethics 22 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics › Book I 2 ▸
Chapter 11 1101a22–1101b9
Book III 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14
Book IV 3 ▸
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10
Book VII 1 ▸
Book VIII 2 ▸
Chapter 9 1159b25–1160a30
Book IX 2 ▸
Chapter 2 1164b22–1165a35
Book X 8 ▸
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29
Chapter 9 1179a33–1181b23
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Generation of Animals 17 ▸
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Topics 17 ▸
Open Topics › Book II 4 ▸
Book III 2 ▸
Book V 2 ▸
Book VII 5 ▸
Book VIII 4 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 15 ▸
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Prior Analytics 11 ▸
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Rhetoric 9 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 2 ▸
Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15
Book II 3 ▸
Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10
Chapter 22 1395b21–1397a6
Book III 4 ▸
Chapter 8 1408b21–1409a21
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3
Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15
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Posterior Analytics 8 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 7 ▸
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Meteorology 7 ▸
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Movement of Animals 6 ▸
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Parts of Animals 5 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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History of Animals 3 ▸
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Categories 2 ▸
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De Anima 2 ▸
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On Dreams 2 ▸
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De Interpretatione 2 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 2 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 1 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 1 ▸
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Poetics 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
εἴτε, Dor. αἴτε, generally doubled, εἴτε..εἴτε.., Lat. A. sive..sive.., either..or.., whether..or.., so that two cases are put as equally possible or equivalent ; thrice repeated, S. El. 606 ; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτε.. Id. OT 1049 ; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτε καί.. A. Ag. 843 ; εἴτʼ οὖν.., εἴτʼ οὖν.. Id. Ch. 683 ; εἴτε.., εἴτʼ ἄρʼ οὖν.. S. Ph. 345 ; εἴτε.., εἴτʼ αὖ.. Pl. Phlb. 34b ; εἴτε καί.., εἴτε καί.. Id. R. 471d : with Substantives, τὴν εἴθʼ ἡδονὴν εἴτε ἀπονίαν ἢ εὐστάθειαν Plu. 2.1089d : the first εἴτε is sts. omitted in Poets, ξεῖνος, αἴτʼ ὦν ἀστός Pi. P. 4.78 ; αἰνεῖν, εἴτε με ψέγειν θέλεις A. Ag. 1403 ; μύραινά γʼ, εἴτʼ ἔχιδνʼ ἔφυ Id. Ch. 1002 ; λόγοισιν, εἴτʼ ἔργοισιν S. OT 517, cf. Tr. 236 ; and even in Prose, πόλις, εἴτε ἰδιῶται Pl. Lg. 864a, cf. 907d, Sph. 224e : the first εἴτε is sts. replaced by εἰ, as εἰ..εἴτε.., Lat. utrum..an.., v.l. in Hdt. 3.35 ; εἰ.. εἴτε καί.. A. Ch. 768 ; εἰ..εἴτε μή Id. Eu. 468 ; εἰ μὲν.., εἴτε καὶ μή.. X. Cyr. 2.1.7 ; sts. ἤ (ἠὲ καί.. v.l. in Il. 2.349) stands for the second εἴτε, E. El. 896, Pl. Phdr. 277d, IG 1.40.5 ; or for the first, S. Aj. 178 (lyr.), E. Alc. 115 (lyr.) ; εἴτε.. εἴτε.., c. subj. (cf. εἰ), v.l. in Archyt. ap Stob. 3.1.105. II. in indirect questions, Od. 3.90, etc. ; σκοπεῖτε εἴτʼ ὀρθῶς λογίζομαι ταῦτʼ εἴτε μή D. 15.11.
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