ἐπέκεινα

epekeina

on yonder side, beyond

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

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Meteorology 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20

362b6

Chapter 6 363a21–365a13

364b1
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 16 548a22–549a13

548b25
Mechanica 1
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Chapter 3 850a3–29

850a7
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 134 844a6–16

844a8
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 7 448a28–449b4

449a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπέκεινα, Adv., for ἐπʼ ἐκεῖνα, opp. ἐπὶ τάδε (Pl. Phd. 112b), A. on yonder side, beyond, c. gen., Hecat. ap. Str. 12.3.23; τοῦ Ἡρακλείου ἐ. X. HG 5.1.10; οἱ ἐ. Τίγριδος καὶ Εὐφράτου Hdn. 2.8.8; ἐ. ἐλθεῖν Διονύσου farther than . ., Arr. An. 5.2.1: metaph., ἐ. τῆς οὐσίας ὑπερέχειν Pl. R. 509b; ἐλπίδος ἐ. Hld. 9.5. 2. with Art., τὸ ἐ., Att. τοὐπ., or τὰ ἐ., Att. τἀπ., the part beyond, the far side, τὰ ἐ. τῆς Εὐρώπης Hdt. 3.115, cf. Th. 6.63, etc.; τοὐπέκεινα τῆσδε γῆς beyond it, E. Hipp. 1199; Πίνδου τε τἀπ. A. Supp. 257, cf. X. HG 5.1.10; abs., οἱ ἐκ τοῦ ἐ. Id. An. 5.4.3; ἐν τῷ ἐ. Th. 7.58; τῶν νόθων [ἡδονῶν] εἰς τὸ ἐ. ὑπερβάς Pl. R. 587c; τὸ ἐ. τοῦ νοῦ Porph. Sent. 25, Jul. Or. 4.132c. II. of past Time, οἱ ἐ. χρόνοι the times beyond or before, earlier times, Isoc. 6.41; οἱ ἐ. (sc. τῶν Τρωϊκῶν γενόμενοι) Id. 9.6. 2. of future Time, henceforth, LXX 1 Ma. 10.30, Thd. Su. 64.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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