κυβερνήτης

kybernetes

steersman, pilot

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 6
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 1253b23–1254a16

1253b28
Book III 4
Chapter 4 1276b16–1277b32

1276b23

Chapter 6 1278b6–1279a21

1279a3
1279a5

Chapter 11 1281a39–1282b13

1282a22
Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15

1324b30
Mechanica 2
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Chapter 6 850b28–851a37

850b32
850b34
Physics 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 2 193b22–194b15

194b5

Chapter 3 194b16–195b30

195a13
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

400b6
Metaphysics 1
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Book Δ 1
Chapter 2 1013a24–1014a25

1013b14
Topics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 105a10–19

105a14

Dictionary (LSJ)

κυβερνήτης (Aeol. κυμερνήτης, q.v.), ου, ὁ, A. steersman, pilot, Il. 19.43, Od. 9.78, A. Supp. 770, Hdt. 2.164, Ar. Th. 837, Th. 7.70, Pl. R. 341c, etc.; skipper of Nileboat, ναύκληρος καὶ κ. PHib. 1.39.6 (iii B.C.), cf. PGiss. 11 (ii A.D.), etc. 2. metaph., guide, governor, E. Supp. 880, Pl. Phdr. 247c; as an official title, PMasp. 89 iii 1 (vi A.D.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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