μετακινέω

metakineo

shift, remove

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Generation and Corruption 3
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Book I 3
Chapter 2 315a26–317a31

315b13
315b14
315b35
Mechanica 3
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Chapter 6 850b28–851a37

851a20
851a27
851a34
Nicomachean Ethics 2
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Book V 1
Chapter 10 1137a31–1138a3

1137b31
Book VII 1
Chapter 10 1152a6–36

1152a30
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 6 397b7–401a11

400a23
Generation of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 716a1–716b12

716b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

μετακινέω, A. shift, remove, τινὰ ἐκ τῆς τάξιος Hdt. 9.74; τι IG 5(1).1390.186 (Andania, i B. C.):—Med., go from one place to another, Hdt. 9.51; μεταβάλλον καὶ -ούμενον γίγνεται πᾶν Pl. Lg. 894a :—Pass., Hdt. 1.51, Arist. GC 315b14. 2. change, alter, μ. τὴν πάτριον πολιτείαν D. 23.205, cf. X. Lac. 15.1 (Pass.); ῥᾷον ἔθος μετακινῆσαι φύσεως Arist. EN 1152a30; ἡ τομὴ μετεκινήθη the time of cutting was altered, Thphr. HP 4.11.5.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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