μέγας
megas
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Appears 1,682 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 1,682× · before him 2,721 · contemporaries 4,425
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History of Animals 358 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 33 ▸
Chapter 7 491a27–491b8Chapter 8 491b9–13Chapter 10 491b34–492a12Book II 37 ▸
Chapter 6 502a3–4Book III 62 ▸
Chapter 3 512b12–514a22Chapter 4 514a23–515a26Chapter 7 516a8–516b30Chapter 14 519b7–12Book IV 52 ▸
Chapter 2 525a30–527a35Chapter 6 531a8–531b19Chapter 7 531b20–532b28Chapter 9 535a27–536b23Book V 51 ▸
Chapter 2 539b17–540a26Chapter 6 541b1–18Chapter 17 549a14–549b28Chapter 20 552b26–553a16Chapter 23 554b22–555a12Chapter 31 556b21–557a32Book VI 28 ▸
Chapter 6 563a17–563b13Chapter 9 564a25–564b13Chapter 11 566a2–566b1Chapter 17 570a25–571b2Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Chapter 24 577b19–578a5Chapter 28 578a25–578b5Chapter 30 579a18–30Book VII 6 ▸
Book VIII 32 ▸
Chapter 10 596a13–596b9Book IX 57 ▸
Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 10 614b18–30Chapter 21 617a23–27Chapter 22 617a28–617b5Chapter 30 618a31–618b8Chapter 34 619b18–620a12Chapter 43 629a29–629b4Chapter 45 630a18–630b17Chapter 50 631b19–633b8 -
Rhetoric 162 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 107 ▸
Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20- 1363b7
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Chapter 8 1365b21–1366a22Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3Chapter 12 1372a4–1373a38Book II 39 ▸
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9Chapter 9 1386b8–1387b21Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27Chapter 17 1391a20–1391b6Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28Chapter 25 1402a29–1403a15Book III 16 ▸
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Politics 122 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 5 ▸
Book II 28 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15Chapter 4 1262a25–1262b36Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28Book III 14 ▸
Book IV 14 ▸
Book V 31 ▸
Chapter 2 1302a16–1302b4Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18Book VI 13 ▸
Book VII 16 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 114 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 13 ▸
Book II 7 ▸
Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 52 ▸
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33Chapter 3 1123a34–1125a35Chapter 4 1125b1–25Book V 10 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33Book VIII 6 ▸
Book IX 7 ▸
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Mechanica 110 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 2 848b1–850a2Chapter 10 852a23–28Chapter 11 852a29–37Chapter 12 852a38–852b10Chapter 16 853a5–18Chapter 24 855a28–856a38Chapter 27 857a22–33Chapter 28 857a34–857b8 -
Parts of Animals 91 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 5 644b22–646a4Book II 10 ▸
Book III 44 ▸
Chapter 3 664a12–665a26Chapter 4 665a27–667b9Chapter 9 671a26–672b9Chapter 11 673a32–673b11Chapter 15 676a6–18Book IV 36 ▸
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Meteorology 83 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 44 ▸
Chapter 9 346b16–347a12Chapter 13 349a12–351a18Book II 15 ▸
Book III 21 ▸
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Generation of Animals 79 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 13 ▸
Book II 15 ▸
Book III 9 ▸
Book IV 30 ▸
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26Chapter 4 769b30–773a29Chapter 6 774b5–775b24Chapter 8 776a15–777a27 -
Metaphysics 69 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 8 ▸
Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 3 994b32–995a20Book Γ 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5Book Η 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1042a3–1042b8Book Ι 20 ▸
Book Λ 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1073a14–1074b14Book Μ 9 ▸
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On the Heavens 65 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 54 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 6 ▸
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Book III 34 ▸
Chapter 5 1232a19–1233a30Book VII 8 ▸
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Prior Analytics 51 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 27 ▸
Chapter 7 29a19–29b28Chapter 9 30a15–30b6Chapter 10 30b7–31a17Chapter 45 50b5–51b4Book II 24 ▸
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Physics 46 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 5 ▸
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Chapter 5 196b10–197a35Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 13 ▸
Book VI 7 ▸
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Physiognomonics 30 ▸
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Topics 29 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 26 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 1 830a5–25Chapter 3 830b11–19Chapter 51 834a12–22Chapter 56 834b4–6Chapter 82 836b13–26Chapter 88 837a30–837b7Chapter 99 838b3–11Chapter 100 838b12–29Chapter 111 840b25–31Chapter 112 840b32–841a8Chapter 114 841a18–26Chapter 120 842a1–10Chapter 129 842b32–35Chapter 138 844b1–22Chapter 151 845b16–32 -
De Mundo 23 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 21 ▸
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Poetics 17 ▸
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De Anima 11 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 4 ▸
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On Dreams 4 ▸
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On Memory 4 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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De Audibilibus 3 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 3 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2 ▸
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Ventorum Situs 2 ▸
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On Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Sleep ›Chapter 3 456a30–458a32
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