κατακλυσμός

kataklysmos

flood

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 14 351a19–353a28

352a33
Book II 2
Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

368b5
368b12
Physics 2
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Book IV 2
Chapter 13 222a10–222b29

222a23
222a26

Dictionary (LSJ)

κατακλυσμός, ὁ, A. flood, Pl. Lg. 679d, Arist. Ph. 222a23, Stoic. 2.337, Marm.Par. 6, etc.; inundation, PMagd. 28v. 4 (iii B. C.): pl., Pl. Ti. 25c, Lg. 677a. 2. metaph., κ. τῶν πραγμάτων political deluge, D. 18.214. II. Medic . . affusion, douche, Cael. Aur.TP 4.1.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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