ἱκανός
hikanos
sufficing, becoming, befitting
Appears 231 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 231× · before him 87 · contemporaries 1,088
Frequency by work
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Politics 31 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 28 ▸
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Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1109a20–1109b26Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1112a18–1113a14Book V 3 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1145a15–1145b20Book IX 5 ▸
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Metaphysics 18 ▸
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Book Β 1 ▸
Chapter 2 996a18–998a19Book Γ 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1005a19–1005b34Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1027b17–1028a6Book Ζ 3 ▸
Book Ι 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1053b9–1054a19Book Ν 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1087a29–1088b13 -
Rhetoric 17 ▸
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Generation of Animals 16 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 4 737b8–741a5Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 3 ▸
Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13 -
Topics 16 ▸
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Physics 12 ▸
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Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 3 194b16–195b30Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 5 204a8–206a8Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 13 222a10–222b29 -
On the Heavens 11 ▸
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Parts of Animals 11 ▸
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History of Animals 9 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 22 553b7–554b21Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 2 559a15–561a3Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27 -
Posterior Analytics 4 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 3 90a35–91a11 -
Eudemian Ethics 4 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1230a34–1231b4 -
Oeconomica 4 ▸
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Prior Analytics 3 ▸
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Categories 3 ▸
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De Anima 2 ▸
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Physiognomonics 2 ▸
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On Colours 1 ▸
Open On Colours ›Chapter 5 794b12–797a32 -
On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
Open On Length and Shortness of Life ›Chapter 3 465b1–32 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 2 975a18–977a13 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 1 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 141 845a1–9
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Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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ἱκανός — with the passages
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