ὦσις

osis

thrusting, pushing

Appears 13 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Physics 5
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Book VII 5
Chapter 1 241b34–243a31

243a17
243a18

Chapter 2 243a32–245b2

243b12
244a2
244a7
Meteorology 3
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Book IV 3
Chapter 9 385b6–388a9

386a19
386a33
386b8
De Anima 2
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Book III 2
Chapter 10 433a9–433b30

433b25

Chapter 13 435a11–435b25

435b10
Progression of Animals 1
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Chapter 2 704b12–705a2

704b23
Movement of Animals 1
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Chapter 10 703a4–703b2

703a20
Mechanica 1
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Chapter 24 855a28–856a38

856a7

Dictionary (LSJ)

ὦσις, εως, ἡ, A. = ὤθησις, thrusting, pushing, Hp. Aph. 3.26(pl.); opp. ἕλξις, Arist. Ph. 243a17, de An. 433b25; of an injury to the skull, depression, Gal. ap. Orib. 46.21.1: pl., thrusts, Plu. 2.916d, Procl. in Ti. 1.297 D., al.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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