μίγμα

migma

mixture, compound

Appears 17 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 4
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Book I 3
Chapter 18 722a1–726a27

724b17

Chapter 19 726a28–727b32

726a32

Chapter 20 727b33–729a33

728b34
Book II 1
Chapter 8 747a23–749a6

747a35
On Generation and Corruption 4
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Book I 1
Chapter 5 320a8–322a33

321b2
Book II 3
Chapter 3 330a30–331a6

330b15
330b17

Chapter 7 334a15–334b29

334a28
Metaphysics 4
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Book Γ 1
Chapter 7 1011b23–1012a28

1012a28
Book Λ 2
Chapter 2 1069b7–34

1069b22

Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4

1075b4
Book Ν 1
Chapter 5 1092a9–1092b25

1092b7
On the Heavens 2
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Book II 1
Chapter 14 296a24–298a20

297a17
Book III 1
Chapter 3 302a10–302b9

302b1
Physics 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 187a12–188a18

187a23
Book III 1
Chapter 4 202b30–204a7

203a23
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 3 677b11–36

677b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

μίγμα, ατος, τό, (μείγνυμι) A. mixture, compound, Emp. and Anaxag. ap.Arist. Ph. 187a33, cf. Metaph. 1012a28. 2. μίγματα, τά, of drugs, Plu. 2.80a, Dsc. 5.44, Apollon. ap. Gal. 12.655; μ. σμύρνης καὶ ἀλόης Ev.Jo. 19.39; of pigments, D.H. Is. 4, Comp. 21; of condiments, Plu. 2.997a; of amalgams, Zos.Alch.p.197 B. (In codd. sts. μῖγμα, for which μεῖγμα (formed like χεῦμα) shd. perh. be restored in Emp. and Anaxag. ap. Arist., but μίγμα (formed like χύμα) may be retained in later texts.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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