λάθρῃ

lathre

secretly, by stealth

Appears 8 times across Aristotle's works.

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Topics 4
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Book IV 1
Chapter 5 125b15–127a19

126a32
Book VI 3
Chapter 12 149a29–149b39

149b28
149b29
149b30
Politics 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19

1270b34
Book V 1
Chapter 10 1310a39–1313a14

1311a16
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 8 613b6–614a33

614a4
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23

1374a15

Dictionary (LSJ)

λάθρῃ [ᾱ/ᾰ], Att. λάθρᾳ, Adv., (λανθάνω) A. secretly, by stealth, ὁ δέ οἱ παρελέξατο λάθρῃ Il. 2.515; ἀνήρ, ὃς ἐμίσγετο λάθρῃ Od. 15.430; λάθρῃ κτείναντες treacherously, 17.80; ἀλλά τε λάθρῃ γυῖα βαρύνεται imperceptibly, Il. 19.165: in Trag. and Att., S. Aj. 1137, OT 386, Ar. Ra. 746, Th. 4.39, Pl. R. 347b, etc. 2. c. gen., λάθρῃ τινός unknown to one, λάθρῃ Λαομέδοντος Il. 5.269; λάθρῃ τῶν ἄλλων στρατηγῶν Hdt. 8.112, cf. 9.90, S. OT 787, OC 354, Ar. V. 347, X. An. 1.3.8.—Freq. written λάθρα, λάθρη in codd. and Pap., but λάθραι (i.e. λάθρᾳ) in UPZ 19.28 (ii B. C.) and in some of the best codd., as the Laurentian of Sophocles, also in POxy. 16 of Th. l. c. (i A. D.):—other forms are λάθρα, h.Cer. 240, E. Fr. 1132.28; λαθρηδόν, AP 7.202 (Anyt.); λαθρηδά, Luc. Cal. 21; λαθρηδίς, Hdn.Gr.1.512 (-δως (sic), Cyr.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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