ἅλσις

halsis

leaping

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Progression of Animals 5
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Chapter 3 705a3–25

705a13
Chapter 8 708a9–708b19

708a22
708a24
708a29
Chapter 14 712a23–712b21

712a30
Parts of Animals 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 6 668b33–669b12

669a17
669a23
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book X 1
Chapter 4 1174a13–1175a20

1174a31
History of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 515a27–515b26

515b7
Metaphysics 1
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Book Κ 1
Chapter 9 1065b5–1066a34

1065b20
Physics 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 200b12–201b15

201a19

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἅλσις, εως, ἡ, (ἅλλομαι) A. leaping, Hp. Morb.Sacr. 17, Arist. EN 1174a31, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.31.5, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of ἅλσις — with the passages he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated, interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide. Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.

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