καθά
katha
according as, just as
Appears 2,586 times across Aristotle's works.
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Metaphysics 316 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 24 ▸
Chapter 6 987a29–988a17Book Β 26 ▸
Book Γ 27 ▸
Chapter 3 1005a19–1005b34Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5Chapter 5 1009a6–1011a2Chapter 6 1011a3–1011b22Chapter 7 1011b23–1012a28Chapter 8 1012a29–1012b31Book Δ 58 ▸
Chapter 10 1018a20–1018b8Chapter 16 1021b12–1022a3Chapter 18 1022a14–36Chapter 21 1022b15–21Chapter 26 1023b26–1024a10Chapter 28 1024a29–1024b16Chapter 30 1025a14–34Book Ε 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1025b3–1026a32Book Ζ 53 ▸
Chapter 9 1034a9–1034b19Chapter 14 1039a24–1039b19Book Η 6 ▸
Book Θ 7 ▸
Book Ι 14 ▸
Book Κ 39 ▸
Chapter 1 1059a18–1060a2Chapter 4 1061b17–33Chapter 9 1065b5–1066a34Chapter 12 1068a8–1069a14Book Λ 24 ▸
Chapter 1 1069a18–1069b6Chapter 2 1069b7–34Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4Book Μ 23 ▸
Chapter 3 1077b17–1078b6 -
Topics 276 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 35 ▸
Chapter 4 101b11–36Chapter 8 103b1–19Chapter 12 105a10–19Chapter 14 105a34–105b37Chapter 18 108a18–108b33Book II 22 ▸
Book III 21 ▸
Book IV 32 ▸
Book V 72 ▸
Chapter 1 128b14–129a35Chapter 3 130b38–132a21Chapter 5 134a5–135b6Chapter 9 138b27–139a20Book VI 54 ▸
Chapter 3 140a23–141a22Chapter 6 143a29–145b33Chapter 8 146a36–147a11Chapter 11 148b23–149a28Book VII 13 ▸
Book VIII 27 ▸
Chapter 4 159a15–24Chapter 14 163a29–164b19 -
Nicomachean Ethics 249 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 40 ▸
Chapter 2 1094a18–1094b10Chapter 4 1095a14–1095b13Chapter 6 1096a11–1097a14Chapter 9 1099b9–1100a9Book II 14 ▸
Book III 20 ▸
Chapter 4 1113a15–1113b2Chapter 6 1115a6–1115b6Book IV 11 ▸
Book V 14 ▸
Book VI 19 ▸
Chapter 1 1138b18–34Chapter 4 1140a1–23Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33Chapter 12 1143b18–1144a36Book VII 29 ▸
Chapter 2 1145b21–1146b7Chapter 7 1150a9–1150b28Chapter 8 1150b29–1151a28Chapter 11 1152b1–24Chapter 12 1152b25–1153a35Book VIII 35 ▸
Chapter 4 1156b33–1157b4Chapter 6 1158a1–1158b10Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9Book IX 36 ▸
Chapter 3 1165a36–1165b36Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27Chapter 9 1169b3–1170b19Book X 31 ▸
Chapter 7 1177a12–1178a8Chapter 8 1178a9–1179a32 -
History of Animals 161 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 8 ▸
Book II 24 ▸
Chapter 2 501b5–13Chapter 9 502b24–27Chapter 15 505b25–506b23Book III 22 ▸
Chapter 3 512b12–514a22Chapter 4 514a23–515a26Chapter 7 516a8–516b30Chapter 9 517a6–517b2Chapter 19 520b10–521b3Chapter 21 522b6–523a12Book IV 18 ▸
Book V 25 ▸
Chapter 3 540a27–32Chapter 6 541b1–18Chapter 8 541b34–542b16Chapter 12 544a1–24Chapter 13 544a25–544b11Chapter 30 556a14–556b20Chapter 34 558a25–558b4Book VI 19 ▸
Chapter 1 558b8–559a14Chapter 3 561a4–562b2Chapter 14 568a11–569a9Chapter 15 569a10–570a2Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 35 580a11–31Book VII 6 ▸
Book VIII 17 ▸
Chapter 1 588a16–589a9Chapter 11 596b10–18Chapter 17 600a27–601a22Chapter 18 601a23–601b8Chapter 19 601b9–602b19Chapter 21 603a30–604a3Chapter 28 605b22–607a8Chapter 29 607a9–34Book IX 22 ▸
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35Chapter 4 611a5–14Chapter 5 611a15–611b31Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 8 613b6–614a33Chapter 9 614a34–614b17Chapter 13 615b19–616a13Chapter 19 617a11–17Chapter 32 618b18–619b12Chapter 34 619b18–620a12Chapter 39 622b27–623b4Chapter 42 628b32–629a28Chapter 50 631b19–633b8 -
Physics 154 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 17 ▸
Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 2 193b22–194b15Chapter 4 195b31–196b9Book III 16 ▸
Book IV 22 ▸
Chapter 2 209a31–210a13Chapter 6 213a12–213b29Chapter 11 218b21–220a26Book V 10 ▸
Book VI 33 ▸
Chapter 1 231a21–232a22Book VII 12 ▸
Book VIII 21 ▸
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Politics 152 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 7 ▸
Book II 25 ▸
Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36Book III 36 ▸
Chapter 2 1275b22–1276a5Chapter 12 1282b14–1283a22Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32Book IV 11 ▸
Book V 21 ▸
Chapter 2 1302a16–1302b4Chapter 3 1302b5–1303b16Chapter 5 1304b19–1305a36Book VI 9 ▸
Book VII 30 ▸
Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25Chapter 8 1328a21–1328b23Chapter 11 1330a34–1331a18 -
Generation of Animals 142 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 35 ▸
Chapter 6 717b33–718a16Chapter 8 718a35–718b26Chapter 11 718b36–719a29Chapter 19 726a28–727b32Chapter 21 729a34–730a31Chapter 23 730b33–731b14Book II 33 ▸
Chapter 2 735a29–736a23Chapter 5 741a6–741b24Chapter 8 747a23–749a6Book III 35 ▸
Chapter 3 754a21–755a5Book IV 31 ▸
Chapter 2 766b27–767a35Chapter 3 767a36–769b29Chapter 5 773a30–774b4Chapter 9 777a28–31 -
Parts of Animals 141 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 30 ▸
Book II 43 ▸
Chapter 5 651a20–651b19Chapter 7 652a24–653b18Book III 31 ▸
Chapter 6 668b33–669b12Chapter 10 672b10–673a31Chapter 14 674a9–676a5Book IV 37 ▸
Chapter 2 676b16–677b10Chapter 8 683b25–684b5Chapter 9 684b6–685b28Chapter 10 685b29–690b10Chapter 14 697b14–30 -
Posterior Analytics 110 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 92 ▸
Chapter 4 73a21–74a3Chapter 8 75b21–36Chapter 11 77a5–35Chapter 18 81a38–81b9Chapter 28 87a38–87b4Book II 18 ▸
Chapter 2 89b36–90a34Chapter 3 90a35–91a11Chapter 5 91b12–92a5Chapter 7 92a34–92b38Chapter 8 93a1–93b20Chapter 10 93b29–94a19Chapter 19 99b15–100b17 -
Prior Analytics 81 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 57 ▸
Chapter 2 25a1–26Chapter 3 25a27–25b25Chapter 5 26b34–28a9Chapter 7 29a19–29b28Chapter 9 30a15–30b6Chapter 16 35b23–36b25Chapter 21 39b7–40a3Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 25 41b36–42b26Chapter 29 45a23–46a2Chapter 35 48a29–39Book II 24 ▸
Chapter 1 52b38–53b3Chapter 8 59b1–60a14Chapter 9 60a15–60b5Chapter 17 65a38–66a15Chapter 26 69a37–70a9 -
Meteorology 76 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 28 ▸
Chapter 3 339a33–341a36Chapter 12 347b34–349a11Chapter 14 351a19–353a28Book II 34 ▸
Chapter 1 353a32–354a34Chapter 6 363a21–365a13 -
On the Heavens 74 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 25 ▸
Chapter 5 271b1–273a6Chapter 6 273a7–274a29Chapter 7 274a30–276a17Chapter 12 281a28–283b22Book II 21 ▸
Chapter 4 286b10–287b21Chapter 14 296a24–298a20Book III 17 ▸
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De Anima 68 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 65 ▸
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Rhetoric 64 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 39 ▸
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35Chapter 3 1358a36–1359a29Chapter 5 1360b4–1362a14Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3Book II 14 ▸
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9Chapter 3 1380a10–1380b34Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10Chapter 10 1387b22–1388a30Chapter 17 1391a20–1391b6Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20Chapter 23 1397a7–1400b33Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15 -
Categories 51 ▸
Open Categories ›Chapter 4 1b25–2a10Chapter 11 13b36–14a25 -
On Colours 46 ▸
Open On Colours ›Chapter 2 792a4–792b32Chapter 5 794b12–797a32 -
On Generation and Corruption 40 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 29 ▸
Chapter 4 319b6–320a7Chapter 6 322b1–323a34Chapter 7 323b1–324b24Chapter 8 324b25–326b28Chapter 10 327a30–328b22 -
Sophistical Refutations 34 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 1 164a20–165a37Chapter 5 166b28–168a16Chapter 8 169b18–170a19Chapter 13 173a31–173b16Chapter 17 175a31–176b28Chapter 18 176b29–177a8Chapter 20 177a33–177b34Chapter 24 179a26–180a22Chapter 26 181a1–14Chapter 31 181b25–182a6Chapter 34 183a27–184b8 -
Progression of Animals 33 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 2 704b12–705a2Chapter 5 706a26–706b16Chapter 11 710b5–711a7Chapter 12 711a8–711b32 -
Sense and Sensibilia 30 ▸
Open Sense and Sensibilia ›Chapter 4 440b26–442b26 -
Poetics 28 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 1 1447a8–1447b29Chapter 2 1448a1–18Chapter 7 1450b21–1451a15Chapter 8 1451a16–35Chapter 11 1452a22–1452b13Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39Chapter 14 1453b1–1454a15Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19 -
De Interpretatione 25 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 2 16a19–16b5Chapter 4 16b26–17a7Chapter 8 18a12–27 -
De Mundo 22 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 21 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 6 470a19–470b5Chapter 13 473a15–474a24Chapter 14 474a25–474b24Chapter 15 474b25–475b14Chapter 16 475b15–476a15Chapter 17 476a16–476b12Chapter 22 478a26–478b21 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 8 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 4 ▸
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On Dreams 4 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 4 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 2 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
καθά [θᾰ], Adv. for καθʼ ἅ, A. according as, just as, IG 12.90.43, 116.27, Men. Mon. 551, PCair.Zen. 188.8 (iii B.C.), Plb. 3.107.10, LXXGe. 7.9, etc.; ὁ κ. παρατεταγμένος σφυγμός the (so to speak) ‘regular’ pulse (a military metaphor), Archig. ap. Gal. 8.626. II. also καθάπερ, Ion. κατάπερ, Philol. 14, Democr. 164, Hdt. 1.182, al., Ar. Eq. 8, Ec. 61, IG 12.39.42, al., D. 37.16, etc.: freq. in legal instruments, ἡ πρᾶξις ἔστω κ. ἐκ δίκης PEleph. 1.12 (iv B.C.), etc.: with a part., like ὡς, ἅτε, D.C. 37.54 (nisi leg. καίπερ):—strengthd., καθάπερ εἰ (Ion. κατάπερ εἰ, Hdt. 1.170), like as if, exactly as, Pl. Phlb. 22e, 59e, al.; καθάπερ ἄν (for ἐάν) D. 23.41; καθάπερ ἂν εἰ Pl. Lg. 684c, Arist. Ph. 240b10, Plb. 3.32.2, etc.:—μάχαιραν κ. like a knife, Porph. Chr. 31. Cf. καθό, καθώς.
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