νηνεμία

nenemia

stillness in the air, calm

Appears 16 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Meteorology 10
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Book I 1
Chapter 10 347a13–347b11

347a26
Book II 9
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20

361b23
361b25

Chapter 8 365b21–369a9

366a5
367a22
367a26
367a26
367b18
367b23
368b7
Topics 4
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Book I 2
Chapter 17 108a7–17

108a12

Chapter 18 108a18–108b33

108b25
Book IV 2
Chapter 6 127a20–128b10

128b1
128b3
De Anima 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 2 403b20–405b30

404a20
Metaphysics 1
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Book Η 1
Chapter 2 1042b9–1043a28

1043a22

Dictionary (LSJ)

νηνεμία, Ion. -ιη, ἡ, A. stillness in the air, calm, νηνεμίης in a calm, Il. 5.523; γαλήνη ἔπλετο νηνεμίη there was a calm, a ceasing of all winds (the generic and specific words being in appos.), Od. 5.392, 12.169; ἦν μὲν δὴ ν. Hdt. 7.218; ἐξ αἰθρίης τε καὶ ν. ib.188; opp. μέγα πνεῦμα, Pl. Phd. 77e; νηνεμίῃ in calm weather, Arat. 1033, A.R. 3.970: in pl., νηνεμίαι τε καὶ γαλῆναι Pl. Tht. 153c; ἐν νηνεμίῃσι γαλήνης Timo 64: c.gen., ν. ἀνέμων Epic. ap. Pl. Smp. 197c (s.v.l.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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