εὐσύνοπτος

eusynoptos

easily taken in at a glance, seen at once

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 5
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Book II 1
Chapter 12 1273b27–1274b28

1274a37
Book VII 4
Chapter 1 1323a14–1324a4

1323b7

Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25

1326b24

Chapter 5 1326b26–1327a10

1327a1
1327a2
Poetics 2
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Chapter 7 1450b21–1451a15

1451a4
Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6

1459a33
Rhetoric 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 9 1409a22–1410b5

1409b1

Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30

1414a12
On Colours 1
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Chapter 1 791a1–792a3

791a11
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1
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Chapter 99 838b3–11

838b10
Sense and Sensibilia 1
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Chapter 4 440b26–442b26

441a10

Dictionary (LSJ)

εὐσύνοπτος, ον, A. easily taken in at a glance, seen at once, Isoc. 15.172, Aeschin. 3.118, Thphr. HP 1.9.5; μέγεθος Arist. Po. 1451a4; πλῆθος, χώρα, Id. Pol. 1327a1; τάφοι ἀλλήλοις εὐ. within easy sight of each other, ib.1274a37; δύναμις εὐ. τοῖς ἐκ τῆς πόλεως Plb. 5.24.6. II. metaph., easily taken in by the mind, of a poem, Arist. Po. 1459a33; λέγω δὲ περίοδον λέξιν ἔχουσαν . . μέγεθος εὐ. Id. Rh. 1409b1; of the facts of a case, ib.1414a12, cf. Pol. 1323b7; of a falsity or error, easily seen or detected, Id. Sens. 441a10. Adv. -τως Id. Mir. 838b10.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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