ὀλίγος
oligos
little, small
Appears 455 times across Aristotle's works.
in Aristotle 455× · before him 468 · contemporaries 1,519
Frequency by work
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History of Animals 97 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book II 18 ▸
Chapter 1 497b6–501b4Chapter 10 502b28–503a14Chapter 12 503b29–504b12Chapter 14 505b5–24Chapter 15 505b25–506b23Book III 16 ▸
Book V 5 ▸
Book VI 17 ▸
Chapter 6 563a17–563b13Chapter 14 568a11–569a9Chapter 17 570a25–571b2Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Book VII 8 ▸
Book VIII 20 ▸
Chapter 3 592a28–594a3Chapter 5 594a25–595a6Chapter 18 601a23–601b8Chapter 20 602b20–603a29Chapter 21 603a30–604a3Chapter 22 604a4–12Chapter 30 607b1–608a7 -
Politics 80 ▸
Open Politics ›Book II 8 ▸
Book III 20 ▸
Chapter 6 1278b6–1279a21Chapter 15 1285b33–1286b40Book IV 19 ▸
Chapter 6 1292b22–1293a34Chapter 9 1294a30–1294b41Chapter 13 1297a14–1297b34Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2Chapter 16 1300b13–1301a15Book V 20 ▸
Book VI 7 ▸
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Generation of Animals 42 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 30 ▸
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Metaphysics 30 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 1 ▸
Chapter 9 990a33–993a10Book Δ 1 ▸
Chapter 13 1020a7–32Book Ι 14 ▸
Book Μ 1 ▸
Chapter 4 1078b7–1079b11 -
Meteorology 22 ▸
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Parts of Animals 21 ▸
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Rhetoric 19 ▸
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On the Heavens 16 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book II 5 ▸
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Posterior Analytics 4 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 5 91b12–92a5 -
De Anima 4 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 3 427a17–429a9 -
Physiognomonics 4 ▸
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Prior Analytics 3 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 3 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 3 ▸
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On Colours 2 ▸
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De Mundo 2 ▸
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Mechanica 2 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 2 ▸
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On Sleep 2 ▸
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De Audibilibus 1 ▸
Open De Audibilibus ›Chapter 1 800a1–804b39 -
On Dreams 1 ▸
Open On Dreams ›Chapter 3 460b28–462b11 -
On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 1 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 2 975a18–977a13
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