οὐδείς
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Metaphysics 353 ▸
Open Metaphysics ›Book Α 43 ▸
Chapter 6 987a29–988a17Chapter 9 990a33–993a10Chapter 10 993a11–29Book Β 38 ▸
Chapter 1 995a24–996a17Chapter 3 998a20–999a23Chapter 4 999a24–1001b25Book Γ 36 ▸
Chapter 3 1005a19–1005b34Chapter 4 1005b35–1009a5Chapter 6 1011a3–1011b22Book Δ 14 ▸
Chapter 7 1017a7–1017b9Chapter 8 1017b10–26Chapter 12 1019a15–1020a6Chapter 29 1024b17–1025a13Book Ε 11 ▸
Book Ζ 49 ▸
Chapter 10 1034b20–1036a25Book Η 8 ▸
Book Θ 21 ▸
Chapter 1 1045b27–1046a35Chapter 5 1047b31–1048a24Chapter 6 1048a25–1048b36Chapter 9 1051a4–33Book Ι 14 ▸
Chapter 1 1052a15–1053b8Chapter 2 1053b9–1054a19Chapter 8 1057b35–1058a28Chapter 10 1058b26–1059a14Book Κ 29 ▸
Chapter 3 1060b31–1061b16Chapter 10 1066a35–1067a37Book Λ 31 ▸
Chapter 1 1069a18–1069b6Chapter 5 1070b36–1071b2Chapter 9 1074b15–1075a10Book Μ 26 ▸
Chapter 2 1076a38–1077b16Chapter 4 1078b7–1079b11Book Ν 27 ▸
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History of Animals 259 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 15 ▸
Book II 22 ▸
Book III 24 ▸
Chapter 2 511b1–512b11Chapter 5 515a27–515b26Chapter 12 518b35–519a29Chapter 15 519b13–25Book IV 51 ▸
Chapter 3 527b1–34Chapter 5 530a32–531a7Book V 15 ▸
Chapter 5 540b6–541a34Chapter 13 544a25–544b11Chapter 22 553b7–554b21Chapter 25 555a19–21Chapter 31 556b21–557a32Chapter 32 557b1–31Book VI 38 ▸
Chapter 1 558b8–559a14Chapter 4 562b3–563a4Chapter 5 563a5–16Chapter 6 563a17–563b13Chapter 11 566a2–566b1Chapter 13 567a17–568a10Chapter 14 568a11–569a9Chapter 15 569a10–570a2Chapter 16 570a3–24Chapter 29 578b6–579a17Chapter 31 579a31–579b14Chapter 35 580a11–31Chapter 37 580b10–581a5Book VII 14 ▸
Book VIII 34 ▸
Chapter 5 594a25–595a6Chapter 13 597b31–599a19Chapter 15 599a30–600a9Chapter 18 601a23–601b8Chapter 26 605a23–605b5Chapter 30 607b1–608a7Book IX 46 ▸
Chapter 1 608a11–610a35Chapter 3 610b20–611a4Chapter 5 611a15–611b31Chapter 8 613b6–614a33Chapter 11 614b31–615a19Chapter 32 618b18–619b12Chapter 39 622b27–623b4Chapter 42 628b32–629a28Chapter 45 630a18–630b17Chapter 48 631a8–631b4 -
Nicomachean Ethics 239 ▸
Open Nicomachean Ethics ›Book I 21 ▸
Chapter 1 1094a1–17Chapter 3 1094b11–1095a13Chapter 4 1095a14–1095b13Chapter 5 1095b14–1096a10Chapter 12 1101b10–1102a4Book II 12 ▸
Book III 39 ▸
Book IV 17 ▸
Book V 25 ▸
Chapter 4 1131b25–1132b20Chapter 7 1134b18–1135a14Chapter 8 1135a15–1136a9Book VI 21 ▸
Chapter 4 1140a1–23Chapter 5 1140a24–1140b30Chapter 9 1142a31–1142b33Chapter 11 1143a19–1143b17Book VII 32 ▸
Chapter 5 1148b15–1149a23Chapter 6 1149a24–1150a8Chapter 14 1154a8–1154b34Book VIII 19 ▸
Chapter 2 1155b17–1156a5Chapter 10 1160a31–1161a9Chapter 13 1162a34–1163a23Book IX 24 ▸
Chapter 7 1167b17–1168a27Book X 29 ▸
Chapter 5 1175a21–1176a29 -
Prior Analytics 237 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 134 ▸
Chapter 1 24a10–24b30Chapter 3 25a27–25b25Chapter 9 30a15–30b6Chapter 11 31a18–32a5Chapter 22 40a4–40b16Chapter 24 41b6–35Chapter 25 41b36–42b26Chapter 27 43a20–43b38Chapter 31 46a31–46b39Book II 103 ▸
Chapter 2 53b4–55b2Chapter 9 60a15–60b5Chapter 16 64b28–65a37Chapter 26 69a37–70a9 -
Physics 229 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 21 ▸
Book II 17 ▸
Book III 23 ▸
Chapter 3 202a13–202b29Chapter 6 206a9–207a32Book IV 44 ▸
Chapter 4 210b32–212a30Chapter 5 212a31–213a11Chapter 13 222a10–222b29Chapter 14 222b30–224a17Book V 8 ▸
Book VI 34 ▸
Book VII 23 ▸
Book VIII 59 ▸
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Politics 165 ▸
Open Politics ›Book I 25 ▸
Chapter 1 1252a1–23Chapter 3 1253b1–22Chapter 4 1253b23–1254a16Chapter 7 1255b16–40Chapter 11 1258b9–1259a36Book II 38 ▸
Chapter 2 1261a10–1261b15Chapter 3 1261b16–1262a24Chapter 11 1272b24–1273b26Book III 24 ▸
Chapter 7 1279a22–1279b10Chapter 14 1284b35–1285b32Book IV 22 ▸
Chapter 1 1288b10–1289a25Chapter 6 1292b22–1293a34Chapter 10 1295a1–24Chapter 14 1297b35–1299a2Book V 14 ▸
Book VI 5 ▸
Book VII 24 ▸
Chapter 2 1324a5–1325a15Chapter 4 1325b33–1326b25Chapter 6 1327a11–1327b19Chapter 7 1327b20–1328a20Chapter 9 1328b24–1329a39Chapter 10 1329a40–1330a33Chapter 13 1331b24–1332b11 -
Generation of Animals 153 ▸
Open Generation of Animals ›Book I 33 ▸
Chapter 1 715a1–715b30Chapter 10 718b32–35Chapter 11 718b36–719a29Chapter 13 719b29–720b1Chapter 15 720b15–721a1Chapter 16 721a2–29Chapter 17 721a30–721b35Book II 39 ▸
Chapter 2 735a29–736a23Book III 35 ▸
Chapter 2 752a9–754a20Chapter 4 755a6–35Chapter 9 758a26–759a7Book IV 26 ▸
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Topics 137 ▸
Open Topics ›Book I 15 ▸
Book II 13 ▸
Book III 16 ▸
Book IV 23 ▸
Book V 10 ▸
Book VI 37 ▸
Book VII 9 ▸
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On the Heavens 128 ▸
Open On the Heavens ›Book I 57 ▸
Chapter 4 270b32–271a33Chapter 7 274a30–276a17Chapter 9 277b27–279b3Chapter 11 280b1–281a27Book II 39 ▸
Chapter 1 283b26–284b5Chapter 4 286b10–287b21Chapter 11 291b11–23Book III 18 ▸
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Rhetoric 120 ▸
Open Rhetoric ›Book I 51 ▸
Chapter 1 1354a1–1355b24Chapter 2 1355b25–1358a35Chapter 4 1359a30–1360b3Chapter 9 1366a23–1368a37Chapter 13 1373b1–1374b23Book II 50 ▸
Chapter 7 1385a16–1385b10Chapter 8 1385b11–1386b7Chapter 10 1387b22–1388a30Chapter 11 1388a31–1388b30Chapter 20 1393a23–1394a18Chapter 24 1400b34–1402a28Book III 19 ▸
Chapter 1 1404a6–39Chapter 2 1404b1–1405b34Chapter 3 1405b35–1406b19Chapter 9 1409a22–1410b5Chapter 11 1411b22–1413b2Chapter 15 1416a4–1416b15Chapter 17 1417b21–1418b39 -
Parts of Animals 111 ▸
Open Parts of Animals ›Book I 10 ▸
Book II 30 ▸
Chapter 1 646a8–647b9Chapter 16 658b27–660a13Book III 32 ▸
Chapter 1 661a34–662b22Chapter 7 669b13–670b31Chapter 8 670b32–671a25Chapter 9 671a26–672b9Chapter 12 673b12–674a3Book IV 39 ▸
Chapter 1 676a22–676b15Chapter 8 683b25–684b5Chapter 9 684b6–685b28 -
Eudemian Ethics 91 ▸
Open Eudemian Ethics ›Book I 17 ▸
Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 3 1220b21–1221b26Chapter 6 1222b15–1223a20Book III 21 ▸
Book VII 18 ▸
Chapter 1 1234b18–1235b12Chapter 3 1238b15–39Chapter 4 1239a1–1239b2Chapter 5 1239b3–1240a4Chapter 6 1240a5–1240b37Chapter 9 1241b10–40Chapter 10 1242a1–1243b38 -
Categories 89 ▸
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De Anima 77 ▸
Open De Anima ›Book I 19 ▸
Book II 31 ▸
Chapter 1 412a3–413a10Chapter 5 416b32–418a6Book III 27 ▸
Chapter 2 425b12–427a16Chapter 5 430a10–25Chapter 6 430a26–430b30 -
On Generation and Corruption 77 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 54 ▸
Chapter 2 315a26–317a31Chapter 6 322b1–323a34Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 2 329b6–330a29Chapter 3 330a30–331a6Chapter 4 331a7–332a2 -
Posterior Analytics 74 ▸
Open Posterior Analytics ›Book I 51 ▸
Chapter 12 77a36–78a21Chapter 14 79a17–32Chapter 25 86a31–86b39Book II 23 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 62 ▸
Open On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias ›Chapter 2 975a18–977a13 -
Meteorology 62 ▸
Open Meteorology ›Book I 20 ▸
Book II 23 ▸
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20Chapter 6 363a21–365a13Chapter 9 369a10–370a33Book III 8 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 39 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 5 166b28–168a16Chapter 13 173a31–173b16Chapter 29 181a31–35Chapter 32 182a7–182b5 -
De Interpretatione 38 ▸
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Poetics 38 ▸
Open Poetics ›Chapter 4 1448b4–1449a31Chapter 7 1450b21–1451a15Chapter 15 1454a16–1454b18Chapter 16 1454b19–1455a21Chapter 19 1456a33–1456b19Chapter 22 1458a18–1459a16Chapter 26 1461b26–1462b19 -
Sense and Sensibilia 29 ▸
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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 26 ▸
Open On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration ›Chapter 3 468b16–469a26Chapter 17 476a16–476b12Chapter 23 478b22–479a28 -
Progression of Animals 23 ▸
Open Progression of Animals ›Chapter 2 704b12–705a2Chapter 11 710b5–711a7Chapter 15 712b22–713a25Chapter 16 713a26–713b20 -
Mechanica 17 ▸
Open Mechanica ›Chapter 6 850b28–851a37Chapter 11 852a29–37Chapter 23 854b16–855a27Chapter 25 856a39–857a4Chapter 29 857b9–20 -
De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 17 ▸
Open De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus ›Chapter 48 833b21–31Chapter 53 834a31–32Chapter 60 834b35–835a5Chapter 81 836a24–836b12Chapter 98 838a34–838b2Chapter 100 838b12–29Chapter 120 842a1–10Chapter 127 842b14–26Chapter 130 843a1–32Chapter 142 845a10–14Chapter 160 846a33–37 -
Movement of Animals 15 ▸
Open Movement of Animals ›Chapter 1 698a1–698b7Chapter 2 698b8–699a11Chapter 6 700b4–701a6Chapter 8 701b33–702b11Chapter 10 703a4–703b2Chapter 11 703b3–704b3 -
De Audibilibus 2 ▸
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On Length and Shortness of Life 2 ▸
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De Virtutibus et Vitiis 2 ▸
Dictionary (LSJ)
οὐδείς, fem. οὐδεμίᾰ (never nom. acc. -μίη, -μίην, since οὐδεμιῇ is prob. in Call. Aet.Oxy. 2080.56, rarely οὐδʼ ἴα Sapph. 69, Mosch. 4.40), neut. οὐδέν (declined and accentuated like εἷς, μία, ἕν), A. not one, i.e. no one, none, used by Hom., Hes., and Pi. (who prefer οὔτις) only in neut. nom. and acc. οὐδέν, exc. in the phrase τὸ ὃν μένος οὐδενὶ εἴκων Il. 22.459, al.; οὐδείς is found in B. Fr. 28; but all genders and cases are common in all other writers, Hdt. 1.32,33, etc.: rare in pl., no set of persons or things, And. 1.23 (dub. cj.), X. Lac. 3.1; πρὸς οὐδένας τῶν Ἑλλήνων D. 18.23 (v.l.), cf. 19.31,66,312, 24.214, 27.7; οὐδένων εἰσὶ βελτίους, i.e. οὔ τινων ἄλλων, Id. 2.17 (cf. οὐδενὸς βελτίους Pl. Prt. 324d): dat. pl. οὐδέσιν Paus. 3.24.3; for another sense of the pl., v. infr. II.3.—In Ion. the pl. is usu. οὐδαμοί. 2. οὐ. ὅστις οὐ every one, Hdt. 3.72, etc.; οὐδὲν ὅ τι οὐ every, Id. 5.97; this came to be regarded as one word, so that οὐδείς passed into the same case as ὅστις, οὐδένα ὅντινα οὐ κατέκλασε Pl. Phd. 117d; οὐδενὸς ὅτου οὐ πάντων ἂν . . πατὴρ εἴην Id. Prt. 317c, cf. 323b; οὐδενὶ ὅτῳ οὐκ ἀποκρινόμενος Id. Men. 70c; so οὐ. ὃς οὐχὶ . . ὀνειδιεῖ S. OT 373; οὐδὲν γὰρ . . οὔτʼ αἰσχρὸν οὔτʼ ἄτιμόν ἐσθʼ, ὁποῖον οὐ . . οὐκ ὄπωπʼ ἐγώ Id. Ant. 4. 3. later οὐδὲν ὅ τι without οὐ, = nothing, οὐδὲν ὅ τι παρήσω Agath. Praef.p.137 D., al. 4. ὅστις οὐδείς not one, ἐτεθνήκεσαν δὲ αὐτῶν μὲν ἀμφὶ τοὺς τετρακοσίους, Ῥωμαίων δὲ ὅστις οὐδείς Id. 5.20. II. naught, good for naught, ὦ νῦν μὲν οὐ. αὔριον δʼ ὑπέρμεγας Ar. Eq. 158, cf. E. Fr. 187.5; τὸ μὲν [γένος ἀνδρῶν] οὐδέν Pi. N. 6.3: freq. in neut., οὐδὲν εἰδώς knowing naught, Thgn. 141, E. Fr. 391; οὐκ ἄρʼ ᾔστην οὐδὲν ἄλλο πλὴν δάκνειν knew nothing save how to . . , Ar. Av. 19; οὐδὲν λέγειν to say naught, v. λέγω (B) III. 6; τὸ οὐδʼ οὐδέν the absolute nothing, Pl. Tht. 180a. 2. in neut., of persons, οὐδέν εἰμι S. Ph. 951, etc.; οὐδὲν εἶ Ar. Ec. 144; πρὸς τὸν οὐδέν E. Ph. 598; τὸ μηδὲν εἰς οὐδὲν ῥέπει Id. Fr. 532.2; ᾧ ἀνεμέσητον . . οὐδενὶ εἶναι Pl. Tht. 175e. 3. in pl., οὐδένες ἐόντες ἐν οὐδαμοῖσι ἐοῦσι Ἕλλησι being nobodies, Hdt. 9.58; ὄντες οὐδένες E. Andr. 700, cf. IA 371; ὁ μηδὲν ὢν κἀξ οὐδένων κεκλήσομαι dub. cj. in Id. Ion 594; οὐ γὰρ ἠξίου τοὺς μηδένας S. Aj. 1114. 4. with Preps., παρʼ οὐδὲν εἶναι Id. OT 983, etc.; παρʼ οὐδὲν ἄγειν, θέσθαι, Id. Ant. 35, E. IT 732; διʼ οὐδενὸς ποιεῖσθαι S. OC 584; ἐν οὐδενὸς εἶναι μέρει D. 2.18. 5. τὸ οὐδέν naught, zero, in Arith., Nicom. Ar. 2.6; used by Democritus as a name for Place, Arist. Fr. 208. III. neut. οὐδέν as Adv., not at all, naught, ἄριστον Ἀχαιῶν οὐ. ἔτισεν Il. 1.412, cf. 24.370, Hdt. 5.34, Th. 8.22, etc.; so οὐδέν τι X. Mem. 1.2.42, etc.; οὐ. τι πάντως Hdt. 5.65: in answers, nothing, never mind, no matter, E. Med. 64, IT 781, Ar. Nu. 694; οὐδέν γε not at all, Id. Av. 1360, etc.; οὐδὲν μᾶλλον, οὐδὲν ἧσσον, οὐδὲν ὕστερος, v. μάλα II.5, ἥσσων III, ὕστερος A. I. 2. οὐδὲν ἄλλο ἤ, v. ἄλλος III. 2. B. REMARKS: the more emphatic and literal sense, not even one, i.e. none whatever, belongs to the full form, οὐδὲ εἷς, οὐδὲ μία, οὐδὲ ἕν, which is never elided, even in Com. (v. Ar. Ra. 927, Lys. 1045 (lyr.), Pl. 138, 1115), but freq. has a Particle inserted between, cf. οὐδέ B. —Zen. (in EM 639.17) and others wrongly assume οὐδείς as a compd. not of οὐδέ and εἷς, but of οὐ and δείς (q. v.). (Later οὐθείς, q. v.)
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