ἐπεισόδιος

epeisodios

coming in besides, adventitious

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 11
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Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31

1449a28
Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11

1451b34
Chapter 12 1452b14–27

1452b16
1452b20
Chapter 17 1455a22–1455b23

1455b13
1455b16
1455b23
Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32

1456a31
Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6

1459a35
1459a36
Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5

1459b30

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπεισόδιος, ον, A. coming in besides, adventitious, σύμφυτον . ., οὐκ ἐ. Plu. 2.451c, cf. 584e; ἐ. ἀκροάματα Id. Luc. 40; ἐπιθυμίαι Id. Cat.Ma. 18; φύκους ἄνθος ἐ. AP 5.18 (Rufin.). II. ἐπεισόδιον, τό, addition for the purpose of giving pleasure, Plu. 2.629c, 710d; ἐ. γαστρός, of dessert, AP 6.232.6 (Crin.(?)). 2. in Poetry, parenthetic addition, episode: a. in Ep. poems, as the Catalogue in the Iliad, Arist. Po. 1459a36. b. in Tragedy, the portions of dialogue between two choric songs, ib. 1452b20: then of all underplots or parenthetic narratives in poetry, which might themselves form distinct wholes, ib. 1451b34; also in prose speeches, etc., D.H. Comp. 19, Isoc. 4, Th. 7. c. in Comedy, interlude, intermezzo, Metag. 14. 3. metaph., ἐπεισόδια τύχης Plb. 2.35.5; ὅτι μὴ ἐ. τὸ σὸν τῷ παντί Plot. 3.3.3.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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