μοιχεύω

moicheuo

commit adultery with

Appears 11 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Nicomachean Ethics 7
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Book II 1
Chapter 6 1106a14–1107a27

1107a16
Book V 6
Chapter 1 1129a3–1130a13

1129b21

Chapter 2 1130a14–1131a9

1130a24
1130a29

Chapter 4 1131b25–1132b20

1132a3

Chapter 6 1134a17–1134b17

1134a22

Chapter 11 1138a4–1138b14

1138a25
History of Animals 3
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Book VII 2
Chapter 4 583b29–585a28

585a15

Chapter 6 585b5–586a14

586a3
Book IX 1
Chapter 32 618b18–619b12

619a10
Rhetoric 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23

1373b23

Dictionary (LSJ)

μοιχεύω, A. commit adultery with a woman, debauch her, c. acc., Ar. Av. 558, Lys. 1.15, Pl. R. 360b:—Pass., of the woman, Ar. Pax 980 (anap.); μοιχευθῆναί τινι Arist. HA 586a3; μεμοιχεῦσθαι ὑπʼ ἀλλήλων, of birds, ib.619a10. 2. metaph., worship idolatrously, τὸ ξύλον καὶ τὸν λίθον LXX Je. 3.9. II. intr., commit adultery, Xenoph. 11.3; ἐμοίχευσάς τι Ar. Nu. 1076, cf. X. Mem. 2.1.5, Arist. EN 1129b21. III. metaph., in fut. Med. (in pass. sense), οὐ μοιχεύσεταί μου τὰ φιλήματα her kisses shall not be adulterously stolen from me, Ach.Tat. 4.8.

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