μέδιμνος

medimnos

a medimnus

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 4
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Book VIII 4
Chapter 9 596a3–12

596a3
596a5
596a6

Chapter 10 596a13–596b9

596a17
Oeconomica 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 2 1346a32–1353b27

1347a33
1350b9
1351a21
Categories 2
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Chapter 15 15b17–32

15b24
15b25
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 2 1235b13–1238b14

1238a2
Physics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 5 249b27–250b7

250a22

Dictionary (LSJ)

μέδιμνος, ὁ, Hdt. 7.187, etc.; ἡ, only v.l. in Id. 1.192:—A. a corn-measure, Hes. Fr. 160.3; μ. Ἀττικός, Σικελικός, Hdt. 1.192, Plb. 2.15.1; σιτηρός IG 22.1013.27; [σῖτον] κατὰ μέδιμνον συνωνούμενοι Lys. 22.12; μεδίμνῳ ἀπομετρήσασθαι ἀργύριον X. HG 3.2.27; ὁ γὰρ νόμος . . κωλύει παιδὶ μὴ ἐξεῖναι συμβάλλειν μηδὲ γυναικὶ πέρα μεδίμνου κριθῶν to make a contract for value exceeding a medimnus, Is. 10.10: hence, οὐ κύριος ὑπὲρ μέδιμνόν ἐστʼ ἀνὴρ οὐδεὶς ἔτι, i. e. he is no better than a woman, Ar. Ec. 1025, cf. Sch.ad loc.; τῶν ἁλῶν μ., v. ἅλς (A). II. in Magna Graecia, = κρουνός 4, pipe of a fountain, D.S. 12.10.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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