μεταχωρέω

metachoreo

go to another place, remove

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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History of Animals 3
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Book V 2
Chapter 16 548a22–549a13

548a26
548a27
Book VIII 1
Chapter 2 589a10–592a27

590a33
Mechanica 2
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Chapter 6 850b28–851a37

851a21
851a26
Generation of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 3 754a21–755a5

754b29

Dictionary (LSJ)

μεταχωρέω, A. go to another place, remove, τόπων μετά ποι χωρεῖτʼ ἐκ τῶνδε A. Pr. 1060 (anap.); μ. εἰς [χώραν] X. HG 3.4.26; τὸ ᾠὸν μ. κάτω Arist. GA 754b29; of the foetus in the womb, change its place, Hp. Septim. 4; of birds of passage, migrate, ἐς τὴν Λιβύην Ar. Av. 710; of men, emigrate, Th. 2.72; withdraw from a conference, ἐκ τῶν λόγων Id. 5.112; go over to another party, Plu. Demetr. 29; μ. εἰς τἀναντία, of syllables, D.H. Comp. 11; change, εἰς φύσιν τινός Ael. NA 9.43.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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