λιμνάζω

limnazo

form stagnant pools

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 6
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Book I 5
Chapter 3 339a33–341a36

340b37

Chapter 14 351a19–353a28

351b8
352a5
352a14
352b35
Book II 1
Chapter 2 354b1–356b3

356a7
History of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 512b12–514a22

513b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

λιμνάζω, of the sea or rivers, A. form stagnant pools, Arist. Mete. 352b35, 356a7; ὅσοι ποταμοὶ -άζουσιν εἰς ἕλη rivers which stagnate into marshes, Id. Pr. 938a3: impers., -άζει stagnant pools are left in them, Id. Mete. 351b8, 352a5. 2. of the blood, to be stagnant, Id. HA 513b4, Gal. UP 14.10. II. c. acc., form into a lake, ὁ ποταμὸς λ. τὰς ἀρούρας Ph. 2.98, cf. Str. 8.8.4, D.Chr. 11.76:—Pass., of land, to be flooded, J. AJ 1.3.5, PStrassb. 10.11 (iii A.D.). III. intr. in Act., of a country, become a marsh, ἐν τοῖς -άζουσι τόποις Arist. Mete. 340b37, cf. D.S. 4.18, Str. 8.5.1, etc.

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