ἰσημερινός

isemerinos

equinoctial

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 9
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Book I 3
Chapter 6 342b25–344a4

343b3

Chapter 7 344a5–345a10

345a3

Chapter 13 349a12–351a18

350b1
Book II 5
Chapter 6 363a21–365a13

363a34
363b1
363b12
363b14
364a17
Book III 1
Chapter 5 375b16–377a28

377a18
De Mundo 2
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Chapter 4 394a7–396a32

394b24
394b27

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἰσημερινός, ή, όν, A. equinoctial, ἀνατολή, δυσμή, Arist. Mete. 363a34,b1, cf. Str. 2.1.11; σκιά Hipparch. 1.3.6, cf. Str. 2.1.20; ζῴδιον Ptol. Tetr. 31; ὧραι standard hours (opp. καιρικός, q.v.), each = 1/24 of the νυχθήμερον, Hipparch. 1.1.10, Ptol. Alm. 2.9, Gal. 10.479, etc.; πυρὸς ἰ. wheat sown at that time, Thphr. CP 4.11.4; ὁ ἰ. κύκλος celestial equator, Arist. Mete. 345a3, Euc. Phaen.p.4M., Plu. 2.429f, etc.; ὁ ἰ. (sc. κύκλος), Hipparch. 1.10.22, Str. 1.1.21, etc.; ἁψίς Jul. Or. 5.168c; ἰ. χρόνοι time-degrees [each = 4 time-minutes] of the equator, Ptol. Alm. 1.16.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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