ἑξάμετρος

hexametros

of six metres

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 2
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Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31

1449a27
Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20

1449b21
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 1404a6–39

1404a35

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑξάμετρος [ᾰ], ον, A. of six metres, ἐν ἑ. τόνῳ in hexameter measure, Hdt. 1.47; ἐν ἔπεσι ἑ. Id. 7.220, cf. Pl. Lg. 810d; ἑξάμετρα (sc. ἔπη) Arist. Rh. 1404a34, Po. 1449a27, Demetr. Eloc. 1, etc.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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