ῥύσις

hrysis

flow

Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 4
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Book II 3
Chapter 1 353a32–354a34

353b27

Chapter 2 354b1–356b3

355b17

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366a19
Book IV 1
Chapter 9 385b6–388a9

387a29
Generation of Animals 3
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Book I 2
Chapter 19 726a28–727b32

727a13
727a21
Book IV 1
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26

764a5
History of Animals 2
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Book III 1
Chapter 19 520b10–521b3

521a30
Book VI 1
Chapter 18 571b3–573b16

573a10
Parts of Animals 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 1 646a8–647b9

647b3
Book III 1
Chapter 5 667b10–668b32

668a8
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

395b8

Dictionary (LSJ)

ῥύσις [ῠ], εως, ἡ, (ῥέω) A. flow, ὕδατος Pl. Lg. 944b; εἰς τὸ κοιλότατον ἡ ῥ. Arist. Mete. 355b17; opp. ἄμπωτις, ib.366a19; ἐκ ῥινῶν αἵματος -ιες Hp. Aph. 3.27; κοιλίης ib.2.14; [ἐλαίου], i.e. yield of oil, Thphr. HP 4.14.10, PRev.Laws 60.16 (iii B.C.); φλεβῶν Arist. PA 668a11; of fire, Thphr. Ign. 54; shedding, τριχῶν Dsc. 2.120, Gal. 19.431; used for γονόρροια, LXX Le. 15.2 sq. II. course of a river, stream, ποταμὸς ποιεῖται τὴν ῥ. Plb. 2.16.6, cf. D.H. 1.9, D.S. 4.35, Str. 6.2.4. III. Math., [στιγμῆς] ῥύσιν φασὶν εἶναι οἱ γεωμέτραι τὴν γραμμήν (cf. ῥυΐσκομαι, ῥέω 1.5b) Iamb. in Nic.p.57 P., cf. Plot. 3.7.3, Procl. in Euc.p.97 F.; οἷον ἄστρου ῥ. Arist. Mu. 395b8.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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