ἐκπέτομαι

ekpetomai

fly out

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 8
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Book V 3
Chapter 19 550b22–552b25

551a23

Chapter 22 553b7–554b21

554b1

Chapter 32 557b1–31

557b27
Book VIII 1
Chapter 16 600a10–26

600a17
Book IX 4
Chapter 40 623b5–627b22

625a11
626a32

Chapter 41 627b23–628b31

627b30
628a24

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκπέτομαι (ἐκ-πέταμαι Arist. HA 554b1), fut. -πτήσομαι Ar. V. 208 : aor. ἐξεπτόμην, part. -πτόμενος Id. Av. 788 ; also ἐξεπτάμην E. El. 944, Pl. Ti. 81e, ἐκπτάμενος Ἀθηνᾶ 20.249 (Chios) : also in act. form ἐξέπτην Hes. Op. 98, Batr. 211, Ant. Lib. 1.5, Palaeph. 12 : for aor. ἐξεπετάσθην, v. πέτομαι :—Α. fly out or away, ll. cc. : metaph.,ἔπαινοι Ἔρωσι μικροῖς ἐοικότες ἐκπετόμενοι Luc. Rh.Pr. 6.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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