κατά
kata
according to, with respect to; down; against
Appears 6,152 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 4,628× · before him 3,001 · contemporaries 6,115
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Metaphysics 775 ▸
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Physics 542 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 512 ▸
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Chapter 1 1094a1–17Chapter 4 1095a14–1095b13Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14Chapter 11 1101a22–1101b9Book II 34 ▸
Chapter 1 1103a14–1103b25Book III 48 ▸
Chapter 9 1117a29–1117b22Book IV 36 ▸
Chapter 8 1127b33–1128b9Book V 69 ▸
Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9Book VI 32 ▸
Chapter 1 1138b18–34Chapter 3 1139b14–36Chapter 4 1140a1–23Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30Book VII 48 ▸
Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28Book VIII 71 ▸
Chapter 1 1155a3–1155b16Chapter 3 1156a6–1156b32Book IX 32 ▸
Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36Chapter 12 1171b29–1172a15Book X 76 ▸
Chapter 7 1177a12–1178a8Chapter 8 1178a9–1179a32 -
Politics 462 ▸
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Topics 458 ▸
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History of Animals 352 ▸
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Chapter 4 489a20–33Book II 26 ▸
Chapter 13 504b13–505b4Chapter 16 506b24–31Book III 51 ▸
Chapter 4 514a23–515a26Chapter 8 516b31–517a5Chapter 16 519b26–520a5Chapter 22 523a13–27Book IV 32 ▸
Chapter 3 527b1–34Book V 47 ▸
Chapter 7 541b19–33Chapter 13 544a25–544b11Chapter 20 552b26–553a16Chapter 27 555a27–555b17Chapter 28 555b18–556a7Chapter 33 557b32–558a24Chapter 34 558a25–558b4Book VI 39 ▸
Chapter 12 566b2–567a16Chapter 13 567a17–568a10Chapter 14 568a11–569a9Chapter 19 573b17–574a15Chapter 20 574a16–575a12Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Chapter 23 577a18–577b18Chapter 30 579a18–30Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 33 579b30–580a5Chapter 35 580a11–31Chapter 37 580b10–581a5Book VII 12 ▸
Book VIII 43 ▸
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3Chapter 4 594a4–24Chapter 24 604a22–605a15Chapter 25 605a16–22Chapter 28 605b22–607a8Chapter 30 607b1–608a7Book IX 50 ▸
Chapter 4 611a5–14Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 13 615b19–616a13Chapter 18 616b33–617a10Chapter 42 628b32–629a28Chapter 45 630a18–630b17Chapter 47 630b31–631a7 -
Prior Analytics 266 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 193 ▸
Chapter 10 30b7–31a17Chapter 24 41b6–35Chapter 25 41b36–42b26Chapter 27 43a20–43b38Chapter 35 48a29–39Chapter 37 49a6–10Chapter 45 50b5–51b4Book II 73 ▸
Chapter 11 61a17–62a19Chapter 14 62b29–63b21Chapter 17 65a38–66a15Chapter 19 66a25–66b3Chapter 20 66b4–17Chapter 21 66b18–67b26 -
Posterior Analytics 263 ▸
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Chapter 4 73a21–74a3Chapter 22 82b37–84b2Chapter 24 85a13–86a30Chapter 25 86a31–86b39Chapter 28 87a38–87b4Chapter 29 87b5–18Chapter 32 88a18–88b29Book II 57 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 247 ▸
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Book II 76 ▸
Chapter 2 1220a38–1220b20Chapter 4 1221b27–1222a5Chapter 7 1223a21–1223b36Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33Book III 36 ▸
Book VII 106 ▸
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14Chapter 4 1239a1–1239b2Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38 -
Generation of Animals 240 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 55 ▸
Chapter 3 716b13–717a10Chapter 4 717a11–717b13Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 8 718a35–718b26Chapter 22 730a32–730b32Chapter 23 730b33–731b14Book II 52 ▸
Chapter 2 735a29–736a23Chapter 4 737b8–741a5Book III 40 ▸
Chapter 8 757b31–758a25Book IV 60 ▸
Chapter 3 767a36–769b29Chapter 4 769b30–773a29Chapter 6 774b5–775b24Chapter 7 775b25–776a14Chapter 9 777a28–31Book V 33 ▸
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On the Heavens 222 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 92 ▸
Chapter 2 268b11–269b17Chapter 3 269b18–270b31Chapter 4 270b32–271a33Chapter 8 276a18–277b26Chapter 9 277b27–279b3Chapter 10 279b4–280a34Book II 63 ▸
Chapter 9 290b12–291a28Book III 56 ▸
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Parts of Animals 197 ▸
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Meteorology 183 ▸
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Categories 164 ▸
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Rhetoric 163 ▸
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De Anima 160 ▸
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Chapter 3 405b31–407b26Book II 56 ▸
Chapter 10 422a8–422b16Chapter 12 424a17–424b18Book III 58 ▸
Chapter 11 433b31–434a21Chapter 12 434a22–435a10Chapter 13 435a11–435b25 -
On Generation and Corruption 114 ▸
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Chapter 5 320a8–322a33Chapter 6 322b1–323a34Book II 46 ▸
Chapter 5 332a3–333a15Chapter 11 337a34–338b19 -
Sophistical Refutations 91 ▸
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Poetics 80 ▸
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De Mundo 71 ▸
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De Interpretatione 70 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 1 16a1–18Chapter 5 17a8–24Chapter 8 18a12–27Chapter 11 20b12–21a33 -
On Colours 59 ▸
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Progression of Animals 57 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 56 ▸
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Mechanica 53 ▸
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Physiognomonics 37 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 34 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 34 ▸
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Oeconomica 28 ▸
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Movement of Animals 23 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 23 ▸
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Ventorum Situs 10 ▸
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