μέγεθος
megethos
greatness, magnitude
Appears 846 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 846× · before him 117 · contemporaries 303
Frequency by work
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Physics 152 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 11 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 5 196b10–197a35Book III 37 ▸
Chapter 7 207a33–208a4Book IV 27 ▸
Book VI 51 ▸
Chapter 2 232a23–233b32Chapter 8 238b23–239b4 -
History of Animals 134 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 9 ▸
Book II 19 ▸
Book III 9 ▸
Book IV 9 ▸
Book V 11 ▸
Book VI 19 ▸
Chapter 1 558b8–559a14Chapter 7 563b14–564a6Chapter 10 564b14–566a1Chapter 15 569a10–570a2Chapter 17 570a25–571b2Chapter 20 574a16–575a12Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Chapter 23 577a18–577b18Chapter 30 579a18–30Book VII 4 ▸
Book VIII 21 ▸
Book IX 33 ▸
Chapter 6 611b32–612b17Chapter 7 612b18–613b5Chapter 12 615a20–615b18Chapter 14 616a14–34Chapter 16 616b12–18Chapter 21 617a23–27Chapter 25 617b19–22Chapter 26 617b23–26Chapter 27 617b27–30Chapter 29 618a8–30Chapter 30 618a31–618b8Chapter 39 622b27–623b4Chapter 42 628b32–629a28 -
Generation of Animals 81 ▸
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On the Heavens 76 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 32 ▸
Chapter 7 274a30–276a17Chapter 8 276a18–277b26Chapter 11 280b1–281a27Book II 19 ▸
Book III 18 ▸
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Metaphysics 75 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 1 993a30–993b31Book Β 7 ▸
Book Γ 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1009a6–1011a2Book Δ 10 ▸
Book Κ 6 ▸
Book Λ 6 ▸
Book Μ 24 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 41 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 40 ▸
Chapter 1 314a1–315a25Chapter 2 315a26–317a31Chapter 5 320a8–322a33Chapter 9 326b29–327a29Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 10 336a15–337a33 -
Meteorology 39 ▸
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Parts of Animals 36 ▸
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De Anima 28 ▸
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Politics 28 ▸
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Rhetoric 25 ▸
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Mechanica 18 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 13 852b11–21Chapter 14 852b22–28Chapter 27 857a22–33Chapter 34 858a23–858b3 -
Nicomachean Ethics 17 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1115b7–1116a14Book IV 9 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1142b34–1143a18Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1149a24–1150a8Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1161a10–1161b10Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1177a12–1178a8 -
Poetics 15 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31Chapter 6 1449b21–1450b20Chapter 18 1455b24–1456a32Chapter 19 1456a33–1456b19Chapter 23 1459a17–1459b6Chapter 24 1459b7–1460b5Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 10 ▸
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Progression of Animals 4 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 4 ▸
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Movement of Animals 4 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 4 ▸
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Physiognomonics 4 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 4 ▸
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Categories 2 ▸
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On Memory 2 ▸
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Topics 2 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Divination in Sleep ›Chapter 2 463b12–464b18 -
On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 1 458a33–459a22 -
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 19 477a11–31 -
On Sleep 1 ▸
Open On Sleep ›Chapter 3 456a30–458a32 -
De Virtutibus et Vitiis 1 ▸
Open De Virtutibus et Vitiis ›Chapter 6 1250b19–1251a18
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