κωμῳδία

komodia

comedy

Appears 20 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Poetics 14
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Chapter 1 1447a8–1447b29

1447a14
1447b27
Chapter 2 1448a1–18

1448a17
Chapter 3 1448a19–1448b3

1448a30
1448a31
Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31

1448b36
1449a2
1449a2
1449a10
Chapter 5 1449a32–1449b20

1449a32
1449a38
Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20

1449b22
Chapter 9 1451a36–1452a11

1451b12
Chapter 13 1452b28–1453a39

1453a36
Rhetoric 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 7 1408a10–1408b20

1408a14

Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3

1415a22
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 8 1127b33–1128b9

1128a22
Generation of Animals 1
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Book V 1
Chapter 4 784a23–785a6

784b19
On Generation and Corruption 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 315a26–317a31

315b15
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 17 1336a3–1337a7

1336b20

Dictionary (LSJ)

κωμῳδία, ἡ, A. comedy, Ar. Ach. 378, Nu. 522, Pl. R. 394c, etc.; κ. ἀρχαία Plu. Luc. 39, 2.711f, M.Ant. 11.6; μέση ibid., Ath. 11.482c; νέα Plu. 2.712b. M.Ant. l.c.; κ. παλαιαί, καιναί, Arist. EN 1128a22; κωμῳδιῶν ποιηταί OGI 51.34 (Egypt, iii B.C.): generally, play, Plu. 2.665e: metaph., βίου τραγῳδία καὶ κ. Pl. Phlb. 50b. (From κῶμος: wrongly expld. by Dorian writers from κώμη, cf. Arist. Po. 1448a37.)

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