εὔλυτος

eulytos

easy to untie

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physiognomonics 5
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Chapter 3 807a31–808b10

807b16
Chapter 5 809a26–810a13

809b26
Chapter 6 810a14–814b9

811a1
811a6
811a6
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 755a36–756b12

755b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὔλυτος, ον, (λύω) A. easy to untie or loose, X. Cyn. 6.12; ὑποδέσεις D.S. 15.44; loose, θύραι στροφὰς ἔχουσαι εὐ. Id. 3.22. 2. easy to relax, relaxed, διαχωρήσιες Hp. Prog. 18, cf. Arist. Pr. 876b31. 3. loosely knit, supple, of joints, Id. Phgn. 809b26 (Comp.), 811a1; loose, of a machine, Hero Aut. 26.3. 4. soluble, easily dissolved, Dsc. 5.159; σπλήν friable, Aret. SD 1.14; soft, yielding, of the os uteri, Hp. Mul. 2.115: hence metaph., easily dissolved or broken, στέργηθρα E. Hipp. 256 (anap.); of engagements, X. HG 5.2.19; of health, Gal. 5.443; of problems, easy to solve, Arist. GA 755b23, Just. Nov. 97.6 Intr. 5. easily released, of the foetus, εὐ. πρὸς τὸν τόκον Hp. Septim. 4 (Comp.): so metaph., στόμα εὔ. πρὸς λοιδορίαν Thphr. Char. 6.10. b. free from burdens, at ease, Jul. Caes. 315b. II. Adv. -τως easily, freely, οὖρα οὐκ εὐ. ἰόντα Hp. Coac. 446; εὐ. στρέφεσθαι Hero Aut. 18.1; εὐ. [πέλτην] μεταφέρειν D.S. 5.34; loosely, ἐναγκυλίζεσθαι Plb. 27.11.5.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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