μόριον
morion
piece, portion
Appears 1,026 times across Aristotle's works.
Frequency by work
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Generation of Animals 218 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 60 ▸
Chapter 12 719a30–719b28Chapter 13 719b29–720b1Chapter 14 720b2–14Book II 74 ▸
Chapter 1 731b18–735a28Chapter 2 735a29–736a23Chapter 4 737b8–741a5Chapter 6 741b25–745b20Book III 15 ▸
Book IV 49 ▸
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26Chapter 5 773a30–774b4Chapter 8 776a15–777a27 -
Parts of Animals 213 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 24 ▸
Book II 74 ▸
Chapter 14 658a11–658b13Book III 38 ▸
Chapter 10 672b10–673a31Book IV 77 ▸
Chapter 1 676a22–676b15Chapter 2 676b16–677b10Chapter 5 678a27–682a34Chapter 7 683b4–24Chapter 10 685b29–690b10Chapter 14 697b14–30 -
History of Animals 113 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 35 ▸
Chapter 5 489a34–490b6Chapter 6 490b7–491a26Chapter 12 493a5–16Chapter 14 493b2–11Chapter 15 493b12–494b18Book II 14 ▸
Book III 25 ▸
Chapter 4 514a23–515a26Chapter 5 515a27–515b26Chapter 19 520b10–521b3Book IV 20 ▸
Chapter 6 531a8–531b19Book V 9 ▸
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Metaphysics 52 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 1 ▸
Chapter 4 984b23–985b22Book α 1 ▸
Chapter 2 994a1–994b31Book Β 1 ▸
Chapter 3 998a20–999a23Book Δ 17 ▸
Chapter 4 1014b16–1015a19Chapter 20 1022b4–14Chapter 27 1024a11–28Book Ζ 11 ▸
Book Θ 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1048a25–1048b36Book Ι 1 ▸
Chapter 7 1057a18–1057b34Book Λ 1 ▸
Chapter 10 1075a11–1076a4 -
On the Heavens 51 ▸
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Politics 50 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 11 ▸
Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1267b22–1269a28Book III 8 ▸
Book IV 15 ▸
Book V 7 ▸
Book VII 3 ▸
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De Anima 45 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 45 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 13 473a15–474a24Chapter 21 478a11–25 -
Physics 44 ▸
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Movement of Animals 31 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 9 702b12–703a3 -
Nicomachean Ethics 18 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 17 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book II 9 ▸
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Meteorology 17 ▸
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Progression of Animals 14 ▸
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Rhetoric 12 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 4 ▸
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De Interpretatione 4 ▸
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On Memory 4 ▸
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Sense and Sensibilia 4 ▸
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De Audibilibus 3 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 3 ▸
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Prior Analytics 2 ▸
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On Colours 2 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 3 460b28–462b11 -
Mechanica 1 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 3 850a3–29 -
Oeconomica 1 ▸
Open Oeconomica ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 1 1343a1–17
Dictionary (LSJ)
μόριον, τό, prop. Dim. of μόρος, A. piece, portion, Hdt. 7.23, Pl. R. 525e, etc.; of quarters of the world, Hdt. 2.16; parts of a country, Th. 7.58; of an army, Id. 2.39; ψυχῆς μ. E. Andr. 541 (anap.); βραχεῖ μορίῳ τῆς δαπάνης Th. 8.46; ἐν βραχεῖ μ. ἡμέρας Id. 1.85, cf. 141; ψαμάθου μ. βραχύ AP 7.404.7 (Zon.). II. constituent part, member (opp. μέρος, a mere part), μ. ἀρετῆς, πολιτικῆς, Pl. Lg. 696b, Grg. 463d; εἰς ἃ τὸ εἶδος διαιρεθείη ἂν . . λέγεται μόρια τούτου Arist. Metaph. 1023b18; τέχναι καὶ ἐπιστῆμαι κατὰ μόριον γινόμεναι, opp. περὶ γένος ἕν τι τέλειαι, Id. Pol. 1288b11. 2. esp. of the members or parts of the body, Id. HA 488b29; περὶ ζῴων μορίων, title of the treatise de partibus animalium: in pl., esp. parts or genitals, male and female, ἀνδρεῖα μόρια Luc. Vit.Auct. 6; τὰ γεννητικὰ μ. D.S. 1.85; τὰ μόρια Plu. 2.797f: less freq. in sg., μ. ἀνδρὸς γόνιμον ib.323b, cf. Gal. 12.431; μ. γυναικεῖον Luc. DMort. 28.2. 3. of persons, member of a council, etc., Arist. Pol. 1282a37. III. Gramm., part of speech, D.H. Comp. 6, A.D. Pron. 36.21, al.; in full, μ. λέξεως D.H. Comp. 17; μ. λόγου Plu. 2.731e. 2. prefix or suffix, opp. μέρος (part of a word), Corn. ND 13, EM 141.47,809.9. IV. Arith., fraction with 1 for numerator, Dioph. 1p.6T.; also, fraction in general, Id. 5.20,al.; denominator of a fraction, Id. 1.23, al., Hero *Stereom. 2.16; μορίου or ἐν μορίῳ c. gen., divided by . . , Dioph. 3.19, 1.25.
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