μέλλω
mello
to be destined or likely to
Appears 263 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 263× · before him 715 · contemporaries 1,519
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Rhetoric 61 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 18 ▸
Chapter 7 1363b5–1365b20Chapter 15 1375a22–1378a15Book II 31 ▸
Chapter 2 1378a30–1380a9Chapter 4 1380b35–1382a19Chapter 13 1389b13–1390a27Chapter 21 1394a19–1395b20Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28 -
Politics 26 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1253b23–1254a16Book II 8 ▸
Book III 3 ▸
Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38Book V 3 ▸
Book VI 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1319b30–1320b17 -
Physics 23 ▸
Open Physics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 7 198a14–198b9Book IV 11 ▸
Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 3 245b3–248a9Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 6 258b10–260a19 -
History of Animals 19 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 11 517b21–518b34Book V 3 ▸
Book VI 5 ▸
Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 24 604a22–605a15 -
Topics 15 ▸
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Metaphysics 13 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 2 994a1–994b31Book Β 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1002b12–1003a17Book Δ 1 ▸
Chapter 11 1018b9–1019a14Book Κ 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1061b34–1062b11Book Ν 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1087a29–1088b13 -
Nicomachean Ethics 11 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1100a10–1101a21Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1105a17–1105b18Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1115a6–1115b6Book IV 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1122a18–1123a33Book V 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1132b21–1134a16Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 14 1163a24–1163b28Book IX 4 ▸
Book X 1 ▸
Chapter 3 1173a13–1174a12 -
Posterior Analytics 4 ▸
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Chapter 3 90a35–91a11 -
On Generation and Corruption 4 ▸
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Meteorology 4 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 4 ▸
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De Mundo 3 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 3 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25Book VII 1 ▸
Chapter 12 1244b1–1246a25Book VIII 1 ▸
Chapter 2 1246b37–1248b7 -
Movement of Animals 3 ▸
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On Memory 3 ▸
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Progression of Animals 2 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 2 ▸
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Physiognomonics 2 ▸
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On Sleep 2 ▸
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Prior Analytics 1 ▸
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Chapter 44 50a16–50b4 -
Categories 1 ▸
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De Interpretatione 1 ▸
Open De Interpretatione ›Chapter 9 18a28–19b4 -
On Length and Shortness of Life 1 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 1 974a1–975a17 -
Mechanica 1 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 30 857b21–858a2
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