ἐπῴχατο

epochato

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Mundo 3
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

398a14
398b2
399b25
On the Heavens 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 7 305a33–306b2

305b11
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13

781a11
History of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 18 549b29–550b21

550b6
On Memory 1
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Chapter 2 451a18–453b11

453a17
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

369a1
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 122 842a15–35

842a23

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐπῴχατο, Ep.3pl. plpf. Pass., πᾶσαι γὰρ [πύλαι] ἐπῴχατο all A. were shut to, Il. 12.340 (= ἐπικεκλιμέναι ἦσαν, ἐπέκειντο, Aristarch., who derived it from ἐποίγω, prob. rightly, cf. προσοίγνυμι; = ἐπωχλισμέναι ἦσαν were bolted, Apollon. Lex., reading ἐπώχατο; πάσας γὰρ ἐπῴχετο Zenod., vulg.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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