ἐκεῖ
ekei
there, in that place
Appears 139 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Meteorology 21 ▸
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Politics 15 ▸
Open Politics › Book I 1 ▸
Book II 7 ▸
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19
Chapter 10 1271b20–1272b23
Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40
Book IV 4 ▸
Chapter 3 1289b27–1290a29
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38
Book VII 2 ▸
Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33
Chapter 12 1331a19–1331b23
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Rhetoric 11 ▸
Open Rhetoric › Book I 5 ▸
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35
Book II 2 ▸
Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33
Chapter 26 1403a16–1404a5
Book III 4 ▸
Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15
Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39
Chapter 19 1419b10–1420a8
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On the Heavens 10 ▸
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Physics 10 ▸
Open Physics › Book II 4 ▸
Book IV 2 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Book VIII 2 ▸
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Generation of Animals 9 ▸
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Metaphysics 7 ▸
Open Metaphysics › Book Α 1 ▸
Book Δ 1 ▸
Book Ζ 3 ▸
Chapter 7 1032a12–1033a23
Book Θ 1 ▸
Book Μ 1 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 5 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 4 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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De Anima 3 ▸
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Mechanica 3 ▸
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On Memory 3 ▸
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Oeconomica 3 ▸
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Parts of Animals 3 ▸
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Poetics 3 ▸
Open Poetics › Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39
Chapter 17 1455a22–1455b23
Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32
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Topics 3 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 2 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 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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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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Movement of Animals 2 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 1 ▸
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Prior Analytics 1 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 1 ▸
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History of Animals 1 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 1 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐκεῖ (not in Hom.), Aeol. κῆ Sapph. 51 : Dor. τηνεῖ (q.v.):—Adv. A. there, in that place, opp. ἐνθάδε, Th. 6.83 ; οἱ ἐ. S. El. 685, etc.; τἀκεῖ what is or happens there, events there, E. Fr. 578.5, Th. 1.90 ; redundant, οὗ ἦν ἐ. LXX 1 Ki. 9.10. 2. freq. as euphem. for ἐν Ἅιδου, in another world, κἀκεῖ δικάζει τἀμπλακήματα Ζεὺς ἄλλος A. Supp. 230, cf. Ch. 359 (lyr.), S. Ant. 76 ; εὐδαιμονοίτην, ἀλλʼἐ. E. Med. 1073 ; εὔκολος μὲν ἐνθάδʼ, εὔκολος δʼ ἐκεῖ Ar. Ra. 82, cf. Pl. Phd. 64a, al. ; in full, ἐκεῖ δʼ ἐν Ἅιδου E. Hec. 418 ; οἱ ἐ. euphem. for the dead, A. Ch. 355 (lyr.), S. OT 776, Pl. R. 427b, Isoc. 14.61. 3. Philos., in the intelligible world, Plot. 1.2.7, 2.4.5, etc. II. with Verbs of motion, for ἐκεῖσε, thither, ἐ. πλέομεν Hdt. 7.147 ; ἐ. ἀπικέσθαι v.l. in Id. 9.108 ; ὁδοῦ τῆς ἐ. S. OC 1019 ; οἱ ἐ. καταπεφευγότες Th. 3.71, cf. Plb. 5.101.10 ; βλέψον δὲ κἀκεῖ Men. Epit. 103. III. rarely, of Time, then, S. Ph. 395 (lyr.), D. 22.38.
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