μάρανσις

maransis

causing to die away

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 8
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Chapter 5 469b21–470a18

469b21
469b22
Chapter 14 474a25–474b24

474b14
474b20
Chapter 15 474b25–475b14

475a27
Chapter 24 479a29–479b7

479a33
479b2
479b4
Meteorology 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20

361b21
Book III 1
Chapter 3 372b12–373a31

372b19

Dictionary (LSJ)

μάρανσις [μᾰ], εως, ἡ, A. causing to die away, μ. πυρός, opp. σβέσις, Arist. Juv. 469b22, cf. Resp. 474b20; of the sunʼs action on wind, Id. Mete. 361b21. II. dying or fading away, ib.372b19 (pl.); μαράνσει τὸν βίον ἐκλείπειν Id. Pr. 871b17; διὰ μαράνσεως καὶ λήθης Porph. Abst. 1.32.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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