ἐπεισοδιώδης

epeisodiodes

episodic, incoherent

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Metaphysics 2
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Book Λ 1
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4

1076a1
Book Ν 1
Chapter 3 1090a16–1091a22

1090b19
Poetics 2
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Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11

1451b33
1451b34

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπεισοδιώδης, ες, A. episodic, incoherent, μῦθος Id. Po. 1451b34: metaph., οὐκ ἔοικεν ἡ φύσις ἐ. οὖσα ὥσπερ μοχθηρὰ τραγῳδία Id. Metaph. 1090b19, cf. Dam. Pr. 279. Adv. -δῶς Ascl. in Metaph. 142.28. II. = ἐπεισόδιος I, adventitious, οὐ γὰρ ἔξωθεν ἐπίκτητος οὐδʼ ἐ. Porph. Sent. 36; ἐ. καὶ δευτέραν συνεπομένην ὑπόστασιν Iamb. Protr. 3; ἐ. καὶ συμβεβηκός Dam. Pr. 14; ἐ. καὶ ἀλλαχόθεν ἐφῆκον Procl. Inst. 19.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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