ἐφαρμόζω
epharmozo
fit on
Appears 36 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἐφαρμόζω, Att. ἐφαρμόττω, Dor. ἐφαρμόσδω 1.53. I. intr., fit on or to, πειρήθη δʼ ἕο αὐτοῦ ἐν ἔντεσι . . εἰ οἷ ἐφαρμόσσειε Il. 19.385 (unless trans.). 2. to be adapted or capable of adaptation to, τινι APo. 88a33, Pol. 1276b25, al.; ἐπί τινος Ph. 201b14, al.; ἐπί τι ib.228b25, al.; ὁ . . μάλιστʼ ἂν ἐφαρμόσας πολίτης ἐπὶ πάντας τοὺς . . πολίτας Pol. 1275a33: abs., ὁ λόγος οὐκ ἐ. Cael. 308b2, etc.; tally, Resp. 474a10: Geom., coincide, ἐπί τι 1.4, Con.Sph. 18: c. dat., ibid., 244.9:—Pass., c. dat., 4.4.23. 3. befit, suit, [οῐνῳ] ἐφαρμόζουσιν ἀοιδαί 14.2; to be applicable, of a test, ἐπί τινος Pol. 1275b32. II. trans., fit one thing on to another, οἱ χροῒ κόσμον Op. 76; τοὔνομʼ . . ἐλεγείῳ 4 ; σχοίνῳ [τοὺς ἀνθέρικας] 1.53:—Med., ζεῦγλαν ἐφηρμόσατο AP 9.19 (). b. Geom., in Pass., of a figure, to be applied to another figure, ἐπί τι 1.4, Aequil.Prooem.; γραμμὴ γραμμῇ 2.7.1. 2. suit, accommodate, τὰς δαπάνας ταῖς προσόδοις Ages. 8.8; τοὺς λόγους τοῖς προσώποις Lys. 13; λόγῳ μέλη καὶ μέτρα καὶ ῥυθμούς, 2.769c, cf. A. 1001; apply, τι ἐπί τι APo. 75b4; refer, τι ἔς τινα Pisc. 38; λόγων τε πίστιν . . ἐφαρμόσαι to add fitting assurance, Tr. 623:—Med., χάρματι καὶ λύπῃ μέτρον ἐφηρμόσατο AP 9.768 (), cf. 10.26 ():—Pass., adapt oneself to, τινι Epic. ap. 47, cf. Mir. 25.
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