μίμημα

mimema

anything imitated, counterfeit, copy

Appears 7 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Metaphysics 2
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Book Α 1
Chapter 6 987a29–988a17

988a7
Book Δ 1
Chapter 14 1020a33–1020b25

1020b4
Poetics 2
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Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31

1448b9
1448b18
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 7 612b18–613b5

612b18
Politics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 5 1339a11–1340b19

1340a39
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 1404a6–39

1404a21

Dictionary (LSJ)

μίμημα, ατος, τό, A. anything imitated, counterfeit, copy, A. Fr. 364; μίμημʼ ἔχεις Ἑλένης E. Hel. 74; μ. χειρὸς Ἀττικῆς, of certain loaves, Antiph. 176.6: freq. in Pl., Ti. 48e, al.; θεοῦ μ. λαχόντες Cleanth.1.4; αὐτοφυὲς μ. λύρας, of the ἀκρίς, AP 7.195 (Mel.); ἄνθρωπος μ. θεοῦ Muson. Fr. 17p.90H. 2. artistic representation, Pl. Lg. 669e, 796b (pl.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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