μεθόριος

methorios

lying between as a boundary

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

Click a work to list every occurrence by Bekker number — each links into the reader.

De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›
Chapter 119 841b28–33

841b32
Chapter 138 844b1–22

844b10
Generation of Animals 1
Open Generation of Animals ›
Book V 1
Chapter 1 778a16–781a13

778b30
History of Animals 1
Open History of Animals ›
Book VIII 1
Chapter 1 588a16–589a9

588b5

Dictionary (LSJ)

μεθόριος, α, ον (also ος, ον Ph. (v. infr.)), (ὅρος) A. lying between as a boundary, γῆ μεθορία τῆς Ἀργείας καὶ Λακωνικῆς the border country between . . , Th. 2.27, 4.56: neut. pl., borders, marches, ἐν -ίοις τῆς Ἀττικῆς καὶ Βοιωτίας Th. 2.18, cf. X. Cyr. 1.4.16, etc.; τὰ μ. Τύρου καὶ Σιδῶνος v.l. in Ev.Marc. 7.24; μεθόρια φιλοσόφου τε καὶ πολιτικοῦ Prodic. 6: sg., τὸ μεθόριον LXX Jo. 19.27 cod. A: metaph., Pl. Lg. 878b; ὁ ὕπνος δοκεῖ εἶναι τοῦ ζῆν καὶ τοῦ μὴ ζῆν μ. Arist. GA 778b30, cf. HA 588b5, Hierocl. in CA 20p.462M.; ἐν μεθορίῳ [εἶναι] Arist. Pr. 943 b26, Gal. 6.255; ἡ Ἀράβων καὶ Ἀσσυρίων μεθορία (sc. χώρα) Plu. Crass. 22; ἡ μεθόριος Ph. 2.514; ἔστι ἐν λιτότητι μεθόριος there is a limit to frugality, cj. in Epicur. Sent.Vat. 63.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

Index Aristotelicus. Hermann Bonitz's sense-by-sense analysis of μεθόριος — with the passages he singles out as decisive for each meaning — will appear here. That curated, interpretive selection is the layer LSJ and a raw concordance don't provide. Digitisation in progress; this entry is not yet available.

‹ All lexicon entries