μεταδίδωμι

metadidomi

give part of, give a share

Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 5
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Book II 1
Chapter 9 1269a29–1271b19

1270a35
Book III 1
Chapter 11 1281a39–1282b13

1281b28
Book IV 2
Chapter 4 1290a30–1292a38

1290a35

Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2

1298b33
Book V 1
Chapter 6 1305a37–1306b21

1306a25
Nicomachean Ethics 3
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Book V 1
Chapter 5 1132b21–1134a16

1133a10
Book IX 1
Chapter 11 1171a21–1171b28

1171b17
Book X 1
Chapter 6 1176a30–1177a11

1177a8
History of Animals 2
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Book IX 2
Chapter 36 620a17–620b9

620b4
620b7
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 1 391a1–391b8

391a17
Oeconomica 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 1344a23–1344b21

1344a30
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 5 667b10–668b32

668a13
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 12 1413b3–1414a30

1413b7

Dictionary (LSJ)

μεταδίδωμι [δῐ], fut. μεταδια-δώσω, A. give part of, give a share, c. gen. rei, τοῦ μεταδοῦν (poet. aor. 2 inf.) Thgn. 104; μ. τινί τινος Id. 925 (prob. l.), Hdt. 1.143, Ar. Ach. 961; γῆς (sc. αὐτοῖσι) Hdt. 4.145; τῆς ἀρχῆς (sc. αὐτοῖσι) Id. 7.150; τῷ πλήθει τῆς πολιτείας Arist. Pol. 1306a25, cf. Pl. Men. 89e, Isoc. 13.10, etc.; τοῖς μηδὲν ἀδικοῦσιν ἐξ ἴσου τῆς πολιτείας Lys. 25.3; τὸ ἄλλῳ τῆς γεννητικῆς . . δυνάμεως μεταδεδωκός Procl. Inst. 56. 2. c. acc. of the part given, μ. τὸ τριτημόριόν τινι Hdt. 9.34, cf. 8.5, Ar. V. 917; ἀρχῆς μηδʼ ὁτιοῦν μ. τοῖς ἡττηθεῖσιν Pl. Lg. 715a; μ. τὸ μέρος X. An. 7.8.11; μ. πυρούς distribute, ib.4.5.5. 3. intr., μ. τινὶ ὑπέρ, περί τινος, communicate with one about . . , Plb. 29.27.4, 38.8.1; ὅτι . . POxy. 1153.6 (i A. D.):—Pass., to be communicated, transmitted, of notices, memoranda, etc., ib.1472.6 (ii A. D.), etc.; of diseases, Hp. Ep. 19 (Hermes 53.64, 65).

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