ὑστερικός

hysterikos

suffering in the womb, hysterical

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 6
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Book I 4
Chapter 3 716b13–717a10

717a5

Chapter 15 720b15–721a1

720b21
720b25
720b31
Book II 1
Chapter 4 737b8–741a5

738b7
Book IV 1
Chapter 7 775b25–776a14

776a10
History of Animals 2
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Book VI 2
Chapter 11 566a2–566b1

566a11

Chapter 16 570a3–24

570a5

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὑστερικός, ή, όν, (ὑστέρα) of women, A. suffering in the womb, hysterical, Hp. Prorrh. 1.119, Arist. GA 776a10; ὑ. πνίξ passio hysterica, hysterics, Sor. 2.26. Gal. 11.47; also in pl., Id. 14.181; so τὰ ὑστερικά (sc. πάθη) Hp. Aph. 5.35. Adv. -κῶς, πνιγόμεναι Dsc. 2.8. 2. of or belonging to the womb, σκληρύσματα Hp. Coac. 517; ὑμένες, πόρος, Arist. GA 717a5, 720b31; σπερμάτια remedial for the womb, Hp. Mul. 1.45. II. ἐν ὑ. τόπῳ dub. sens. in PLond. 3.755v.7 (iv A. D.).

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