ἐπιγαμία

epigamia

additional marriage

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 9 1280a7–1281a10

1280b16
1280b36
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 14 1374b24–1375a21

1375a10

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιγαμία, ἡ, A. additional marriage, Ath. 13.560c. 2. connexion by marriage, J. AJ 17.1.1, al.; πρός τινα Id. BJ 1.12.13. II. right of intermarriage between states, ἐπιγαμίας . . καὶ ἐπεργασίας καὶ ἐπινομίας X. Cyr. 3.2.23; Ἀθαναίοις δόμεν ἐπιγαμίαν Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91, cf. GDI 5040 (Hierapytna), Wilcken Chr. 27 (ii A.D.). b. = Lat. conubium, BGU 265.7 (ii A.D.), etc.: generally, intermarriage, mostly pl., ἐπιγαμίας ποιεῖσθαι Hdt. 2.147; ἀλλήλοις X. Cyr. 1.5.3, cf. Decr. ap.D. 18.187 (sg.); Εὐβοεῦσιν Lys. 34.3; παρʼ ἀλλήλοις X. HG 5.2.19; πρὸς ἀλλήλους Arist. Pol. 1280b16, Str. 5.3.4; ἐπιγαμίαις χρῆσθαι Arist. Pol. 1280b36.

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