ὑγρότης
hygrotes
wetness, moisture
Appears 98 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ὑγρότης, ητος, ἡ, Dor. -τᾱς, ᾱτος, 100d, 102c: (ὑγρός):—A. wetness, moisture, either in abstract or concrete sense, fluidity or a fluid, VM 22, Aph. 3.24, Phlb. 32a, PA 653a33; ὑ. τῆς χειρός dampness (from sweat), Cat.Ma. 20: pl., GA 760b4, Mete. 352b13. II. pliancy, suppleness, ἡ ἐκ τῶν ἄρθρων ὑ. Art. 8, cf. An. 5.8.15; τοῦ σώματος, of serpents, GA 718a30; of bears, HA 594b6; τῆς χειρός 2.67e. b. of a flame, flickering motion, lambency, Ph. 1256. 2. metaph. of persons, ductility of disposition, the quality of being easily moved, ὑ. τοῦ ἤθους 33, VV 1250b32; ἕξεως 2.680d; but ὑ. βίου a voluptuous course of life, 4; cf. ὑγρός II.7. 3. fluency, prob. for γυρ- in Po.Herc. 1677 Fr. 21 (of Homer).
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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