ἐπίγραμμα

epigramma

inscription

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Rhetoric 3
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Book I 3
Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20

1365a24

Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23

1374a1
1374a2
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
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Chapter 110 840b18–24

840b20
Chapter 133 843b15–844a5

844a1
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 8 1098b9–1099b8

1099a25

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίγραμμα, ατος, τό, A. inscription, E. Tr. 1191; esp. of the name of the maker on a work of art, or of the dedicator on an offering, Hdt. 5.59, 7.228, Th. 6.54,59. b. sepulchral inscription in verse, epitaph, IG 14.1746, etc. c. commemorative inscription, D. 20.112: hence, = ἐπιγραφή I.4, App. Pun. 94. 2. short poem, usu. in elegiac verse, epigram, Hieronym.Rhod. ap. Ath. 13.604f, Callistr. ap. eund. 3.125c, etc. 3. title of a work, Alex. 135.4,10, D.H. Rh. 8.8, Gal. 6.372, etc.; of a picture, Ael. VH 9.11. 4. written estimate or demand of damages, D. 38.2; title or label of a criminal charge, Arist. Rh. 1374a1. 5. mark branded on a slaveʼs forehead, Herod. 5.79.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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