μέγεθος
megethos
greatness, magnitude
Appears 844 times across Aristotle's works.
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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 37 ▸
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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
Dictionary (LSJ)
μέγεθος, Ion. (not Hp.) μέγᾰθος Hdt. (v. infr.), also Philox. 2.19, εος, τό: (μέγας):—A. greatness, magnitude, opp. πλῆθος, Anaxag. 1, etc.; πλῆθος μὲν . . ἐὰν ἀριθμητὸν ᾖ, μ. δὲ ἐὰν μετρητὸν ᾖ Arist. Metaph. 1020a9. I. in Hom. always stature, of men and women, εἶδος ἀκιδνοτέρη μέγεθός τʼ εἰσάντα ἰδέσθαι Od. 5.217, cf. 6.152; ἐς μ. καὶ κάλλος ὁρώμενος 18.219, cf. Pl. Chrm. 154c; θηλειῶν ἀρετὴ σώματος κάλλος καὶ μ. Arist. Rh. 1361a7: then, generally, size, μύρμηκες μεγάθεα ἔχοντες κυνῶν ἐλάσσονα Hdt. 3.102; μ. λαβεῖν X. Cyr. 1.4.3; ἡ ἐπίδοσις εἰς τὸ μ. Arist. HA 560a20; of sound, loudness, βοῆς μ. Th. 4.126: acc. as Adv., λίθου λάμποντος μέγαθος, = μεγάλως, Hdt. 2.44; but usu., in size, τεῖχος κατὰ τὸν Ἀθηνέων κύκλον . . τὸ μ. Id. 1.98; [δένδρεον] μέγαθος κατὰ συκέην μάλιστά κῃ Id. 4.23; ὅσην δεῖ τὸ μ. τὴν πόλιν ποιεῖσθαι Pl. R. 423b: also in pl., ποταμοὶ οὐ κατὰ τὸν Νεῖλον ἐόντες μεγάθεα Hdt. 2.10, cf. 1.202; σμικροὶ τὰ μεγάθεα Id. 3.107; κυαμιαῖοι τὰ μ. Luc. Herm. 40; μεγέθη ἔργων καὶ διαθέσεων Epicur. Nat. 43 G. 2. freq. in dat., μεγέθει . . ἐκπρεπεστάτη in stature, A. Pers. 184; ἀνθρώπους μεγέθει μεγίστους καὶ ἥκιστα διαφόρους ἐς . . τὰ μεγέθεα Hp. Aër. 12; πλήθεϊ μέγιστον καὶ μεγάθεϊ ὑψηλότατον, of a mountain, Hdt. 1.203; κρητῆρες μεγάθεϊ μεγάλοι ib.51; μεγάθεϊ μέγιστος Id. 7.117; μ. περιμήκεας Id. 2.108; σμικρός ib.74; ἐλάττω τῷ μ. Arist. HA 560b5. II. of quality and degree, greatness, magnitude, πόνων E. Hel. 593; τῆς παρανομίας Th. 6.15; τῆς ζημίας Lys. 1.3; τῆς κολάσεως Pl. Lg. 934b; importance, μ. ἐχούσας πράξεις D.H. Isoc. 6. 2. might, power, E. Ba. 273; δαίμονος μεγέθει πάντα ἐπέχοντος X. Smp. 8.1. 3. greatness, magnanimity, Plu. Alex. 14; περί τι Id. Ant. 24. 4. Rhet., loftiness, sublimity, μ. περιτιθέναι τοῖς πράγμασιν D.H. Comp. 17, cf. Demetr. Eloc. 5, Hermog. Id. 1.5, etc.; λόγων μ. Longin. 4.1, al.: in pl., sublime objects, Id. 9.1, al. III. Math., magnitude, Gorg. 3; μ. ἔχειν Pl. Ti. 57d, cf. Iamb. Comm.Math. 3, etc.; extension, Plot. 2.4.11: in pl., magnitudes, Pl. Prt. 356c; τὰ μ. τὰ γεγραμμένα IG 7.3073.102 (Lebad.). 2. Astron., magnitude, of stars, Cleom. 1.11, Ptol. Alm. 7 passim. IV. Gramm., metrical length, τὸ μέγιστον μ. τρίχρονον A.D. Synt. 133.26, cf. EM 419.50. 2. τὰ ἐν τῷ μέτρῳ μ. the recognized lengths of lines in a metre, Heph. 12.3. V. τὸ μ. τινός, as title, his Highness, POxy. 2107.8 (iii A. D.); τὸ σὸν μ. Cod.Just. 8.10.12.1a.
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