ἐκπνοή

ekpnoe

breathing out, exhalation

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 7
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Chapter 8 470b28–471a19

471a8
Chapter 11 472b6–473a2

472b21
Chapter 12 473a3–14

473a6
Chapter 13 473a15–474a24

473b1
473b8
Chapter 17 476a16–476b12

476a21
Chapter 27 480a16–480b30

480b10
Parts of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 664a12–665a26

664a29
Book IV 1
Chapter 13 695a28–697b13

696b9
De Anima 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 9 432a15–433a8

432b11
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

394b13
History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 492a13–493a4

492b11
Physics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 243a32–245b2

243b12
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 1 436a1–437a18

436a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐκπνοή, ἡ, A. breathing out, exhalation, opp. ἀναπνοή,Pl. Ti. 78e,Arist. Sens. 436a15; opp. εἰσπνοή, Id. Resp. 471a8 ; θανάσιμοι ἐ. E. Hipp. 1438. 2. death, J. AJ 19.8.3. 3. vent, blow-hole, Placit. 2.25.1 ; Τυφῶνος ἐκπνοαί, name of a marsh, Plu. Ant. 3. II. vapour, Arist. Mu. 394b13(pl.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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