νυστάζω

nystazo

to be half asleep, doze

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Sleep 2
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Chapter 3 456a30–458a32

456b26
456b31
Rhetoric 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 14 1414b19–1416a3

1415b16

Dictionary (LSJ)

νυστάζω, fut. -άξω LXXIs. 5.27 : aor. ἐνύσταξα Thphr. Char. 7.8, LXX 2 Ki. 4.6, al. ; ἐνύστασα Dionys.Com. 2.43, AP 12.135 (Asclep.) :— A. mostly pres., to be half asleep, doze, νυστάζοντα οὐδένα ἂν ἴδοις X. Cyr. 8.3.43 ; ὥσπερ οἱ νυστάζοντες ἐγειρόμενοι Pl. Ap. 31a ; ὀφθαλμοὶ πλέοντες ὥσπερ τῶν νυσταζόντων Hp. Epid. 7.17 ; οὐχὶ νυστάζειν ἔτι ὥρα ’στίν Ar. Av. 639, cf. Xenarch. 2.1, Com.Adesp. 185 ; νυστάζοντος δικαστοῦ Pl. R. 405c : metaph., ν. τε καὶ ἀπορεῖ Id. Ion 533a ; τὸν νυστάζοντα καὶ ἀμαθῆ φύσει Id. Lg. 747b ; ἔν τινι in a thing, Plu. 2.675b. 2. hang the head, ἐδάκρυσεν καὶ ἐνύστασε APl.c. (Cf. Lith. snústi (stem snúd-) ‘grow drowsy’.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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