ἐπιρραίνω

epirraino

sprinkle upon

Appears 15 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 7
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Book I 1
Chapter 21 729a34–730a31

730a20
Book III 6
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

755b6
756a19
756a24
756a27

Chapter 7 757a14–757b30

757b9

Chapter 8 757b31–758a25

758a16
History of Animals 5
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Book VI 5
Chapter 13 567a17–568a10

567b4
567b5
567b6
567b9

Chapter 14 568a11–569a9

568b31
Prior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 7 29a19–29b28

29a34
Metaphysics 1
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Book Ν 1
Chapter 3 1090a16–1091a22

1091a17
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 41 833a23–27

833a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπιρραίνω, aor. 1 -έρρᾱνα, A. sprinkle upon or over, ὕδωρ τινί Theoc. 24.98, cf. Arist. GA 758a16; καρποὺς ταῖς κεφαλαῖς D.H. 7.72; ἐπὶ τὰ ᾠὰ τὸν θορόν Arist. HA 567b5, cf. Dsc. 5.78 (Pass.). II. besprinkle, c.acc., Arist. HA 567b9; βωμὸν κατέχριεν ἐπιρραίνων ἑπτάκις Ph. 2.157:—Pass., Arist. GA 756a24.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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