κάθετος
kathetos
let down, perpendicular
Appears 23 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κάθετος, ον, (καθίημι) A. let down, perpendicular, πρὸς τὴν γῆν Mech. 857b28; καθέταν is f.l. in 39: usu. Subst., 1. κάθετος (sc. γραμμή), ἡ, perpendicular, Mete. 373a11, 98b, etc., al.; plumb-line, 32.6; πρὸς τὴν κ. δʼ ἐμετρήθη Epigr. ap. Aem. 15; κατὰ κάθετον vertically, perpendicularly, Bel. 69.22, ap. 49.13.1, Placit. 2.24.1, Poliorc. 155.9; κατὰ κ. τοῦ ὀμφαλοῦ vertically below, 6.50; πρὸς κ. 2.938a; perpendicular height, τριῶν ἥμισυ σταδίων ἔχειν τὴν κ. 8.6.21. 2. (sc. ὁρμιά), ἡ, fishing-line, H. 3.77,138, AP 7.637 (Antip., v.l. καθέτης). 3. (sc. ἀμνός or βοῦς), ὁ, an animal let down into the sea as an offering to Poseidon, Fr. 227 , cf. ,
Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)
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