ἐπισκευάζω

episkeuazo

get ready

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Oeconomica 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1350b23
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3

1359b15
Sophistical Refutations 1
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Chapter 1 164a20–165a37

164a27

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπισκευάζω, fut. -σκευῶ PSI 4.382.3 (iii B.C.):—Α. get ready, δεῖπνον Ar. Ec. 1147 (Pass.); ἐ. ναῦν refit, Th. 1.29, etc.; ἐ. ἵππους saddle, equip them, X. HG 5.3.1 (s.v.l.):—Med., ἐπισκευάσασθαι ναῦς have them refitted, Th. 7.36; ἐ. ὑποζύγια have them packed, pack them, X. HG 7.2.18. 2. τὰ χρήματα ἐφʼ ἁμαξῶν ἐπισκευάσαι pack them upon . . , Id. Cyr. 7.3.1. 3. Med., provide oneself with necessaries for a journey, Act.Ap. 21.15. II. make afresh, repair, restore, τὰ τείχη Th. 7.24; τὸν ναόν Inscr. ap. X. An. 5.3.13; τὰς τριήρεις And. 3.14, cf. Lys. Fr. 34; τὰς ὁδούς D. 3.29:—Med., πόλιν παλαιὰν ἐ. διεφθαρμένην Pl. Lg. 738b:—Pass., PPetr. 2pp.34,62 (iii B.C.). 2. metaph., reconstruct, [τὴν διαλεκτικήν] Arist. Rh. 1359b15.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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