εὔριπος

euripos

any strait

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 9
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Book V 3
Chapter 12 544a1–24

544a21

Chapter 15 546b15–548a21

547a6
548a9
Book VIII 1
Chapter 20 602b20–603a29

603a21
Book IX 5
Chapter 37 620b10–622b18

621b12
621b14
621b15
621b18
621b23
De Audibilibus 2
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Chapter 1 800a1–804b39

800b29
802b35
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

396a25
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 6 1167a22–1167b16

1167b7
Meteorology 1
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Book II 1
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366a23
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 5 678a27–682a34

680a37
On Sleep 1
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Chapter 3 456a30–458a32

456b21

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὔριπος, ὁ, A. any strait or narrow sea, where the flux and reflux is violent, X. HG 1.6.22, Arist. HA 544a21, 548a9, Mu. 396a25; esp. the strait which separates Euboea from Boeotia, h.Ap. 222, Hdt. 5.77, etc., cf. Str. 9.2.8: prov. of an unstable, weak-minded person (cf. Poll. 6.121), πλείους τραπόμενος τροπὰς τοῦ Εὐρίπου Aeschin. 3.90; μεταρρεῖ ὥσπερ Εὔριπος Arist. EN 1167b7; ἄστατα καὶ ἀβέβαια Εὐρίπου τρόπον Hipparch. ap. Stob. 4.44.81; Εὔριποι γενόμενοι Lib. Ep. 907. II. generally, canal, ditch, etc., SIG 799.7 (Cyzicus, i A.D.), Babr. 120.2, AP 14.135.2 (Metrod.), D.H. 3.68. 2. the Spina in the Circus, Lyd. Mens. 1.12. III. ventilator, fan, ἐξ εὐρίπου τινὸς αὔραν εἰσπνεῖν ἐπιτεχνώμενον Gal. 10.649. (εὖ, ῥιπή, ῥιπίζω.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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