ἐπίκληρος

epikleros

heiress

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 5
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Book II 3
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19

1270a24
1270a27

Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274b25
Book V 2
Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18

1304a4
1304a10
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9

1161a1

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπίκληρος, Dor. -κλᾱρος, ἡ ὁ only in Thom.Mag.p.138R.), A. heiress, Ar. Av. 1653, V. 583. And. 1.121, Lys. 26.12, Pl. Lg. 630e, Arist. Ath. 9.2, Pol. 1270a27, IG 22.1165, Test.Epict. 3.31, etc.; ὥσπερ ἐπικλήρου . . ἀμφισβητήσων ἥκει Lys. 24.14. 2. c. dat., ἐ. τῇ ἀρχῇ (so codd.: prob. τῆς ἀρχῆς) heiress to the kingdom, D.H. 1.70: c. gen., ἐ. οὐσίας μεγάλης Plu. Cleom. 1. 3. Astrol., perh. f.l. for ἔγκληρος, Cat.Cod.Astr. 8(4).225.

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