πάλιν
palin
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Appears 809 times across Aristotle's works.
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Prior Analytics 102 ▸
Open Prior Analytics ›Book I 61 ▸
Chapter 2 25a1–26Chapter 8 29b29–30a14Chapter 11 31a18–32a5Chapter 13 32a15–32b37Chapter 21 39b7–40a3Chapter 23 40b17–41b5Chapter 24 41b6–35Chapter 32 46b40–47b14Chapter 33 47b15–39Chapter 45 50b5–51b4Book II 41 ▸
Chapter 1 52b38–53b3Chapter 2 53b4–55b2Chapter 3 55b3–56b3Chapter 12 62a20–62b4Chapter 17 65a38–66a15Chapter 19 66a25–66b3Chapter 25 69a20–36Chapter 26 69a37–70a9Chapter 27 70a10–70b38 -
History of Animals 83 ▸
Open History of Animals ›Book I 1 ▸
Chapter 17 496a4–497b2Book II 5 ▸
Book III 12 ▸
Book IV 4 ▸
Book V 13 ▸
Book VI 12 ▸
Chapter 13 567a17–568a10Chapter 15 569a10–570a2Chapter 16 570a3–24Chapter 18 571b3–573b16Chapter 20 574a16–575a12Chapter 21 575a13–575b20Chapter 22 575b21–577a17Chapter 29 578b6–579a17Book VII 5 ▸
Book VIII 10 ▸
Book IX 21 ▸
Chapter 5 611a15–611b31Chapter 6 611b32–612b17Chapter 34 619b18–620a12Chapter 36 620a17–620b9Chapter 46 630b18–30Chapter 48 631a8–631b4Chapter 49 631b5–18 -
Topics 75 ▸
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Book II 11 ▸
Book III 5 ▸
Book IV 24 ▸
Book VI 23 ▸
Chapter 1 139a24–139b18Chapter 4 141a23–142b19Chapter 5 142b20–143a28Chapter 7 145b34–146a35Chapter 9 147a12–148a9Chapter 10 148a10–148b22 -
Physics 73 ▸
Open Physics ›Book I 3 ▸
Book III 1 ▸
Chapter 3 202a13–202b29Book IV 13 ▸
Chapter 4 210b32–212a30Chapter 6 213a12–213b29Chapter 7 213b30–214b11Chapter 8 214b12–216b21Chapter 9 216b22–217b28Chapter 14 222b30–224a17Book V 8 ▸
Book VI 20 ▸
Chapter 9 239b5–240b7Chapter 10 240b8–241b20Book VII 8 ▸
Book VIII 20 ▸
Chapter 2 252b7–253a21Chapter 4 254b7–256a3Chapter 5 256a4–258b9 -
Meteorology 59 ▸
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Book II 32 ▸
Chapter 5 361b14–363a20Chapter 7 365a14–365b20Book III 3 ▸
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Metaphysics 43 ▸
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Book Β 1 ▸
Chapter 3 998a20–999a23Book Γ 6 ▸
Book Δ 1 ▸
Chapter 15 1020b26–1021b11Book Ζ 7 ▸
Book Θ 3 ▸
Book Μ 9 ▸
Book Ν 1 ▸
Chapter 6 1092b26–1093b29 -
Posterior Analytics 41 ▸
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Chapter 13 78a22–79a16Chapter 15 79a33–79b22Chapter 17 80b17–81a37Chapter 23 84b3–85a12Chapter 25 86a31–86b39 -
Politics 39 ▸
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On Generation and Corruption 34 ▸
Open On Generation and Corruption ›Book I 15 ▸
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On the Heavens 30 ▸
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Generation of Animals 28 ▸
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Parts of Animals 18 ▸
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Sophistical Refutations 16 ▸
Open Sophistical Refutations ›Chapter 12 172b9–173a30Chapter 13 173a31–173b16Chapter 16 175a1–30Chapter 18 176b29–177a8Chapter 20 177a33–177b34Chapter 22 178a4–179a10Chapter 23 179a11–25Chapter 32 182a7–182b5 -
De Anima 14 ▸
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Eudemian Ethics 12 ▸
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Chapter 5 1215b15–1216b25Book II 1 ▸
Chapter 8 1223b37–1225a33Book VII 3 ▸
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Rhetoric 12 ▸
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De Mirabilibus Auscultationibus 11 ▸
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Nicomachean Ethics 8 ▸
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De Interpretatione 4 ▸
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De Lineis Insecabilibus 4 ▸
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Movement of Animals 4 ▸
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On Memory 4 ▸
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On Sleep 4 ▸
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On Melissus, Xenophanes, and Gorgias 3 ▸
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Poetics 3 ▸
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On Divination in Sleep 2 ▸
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On Dreams 2 ▸
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Physiognomonics 1 ▸
Open Physiognomonics ›Chapter 4 808b11–809a25
Dictionary (LSJ)
πάλιν [ᾰ], poet. also πάλι (q.v), Adv. 1. of Place, back, backwards (the usual sense in early Ep.), mostly joined with Verbs of going, coming, etc.; π. χώρει Hdt. 5.72; π. ἐλεύσεται, κατελθεῖν, ἐπανέλθωμεν, A. Pr. 854, S. OC 601, Pl. Cra. 438a, etc.; κέλευθον ἥνπερ ἦλθες ἐγκόνει π. A. Pr. 962; δίκα καὶ πάντα π. στρέφεται E. Med. 412 (lyr.); δεῦρο σωθήσῃ π. Id. Ph. 725, cf. 1400; δόμεναι π. give back, restore, Il. 1.116, etc.; π. ἀποδοῦναι And. 2.23; π. ἀγκαλέσαι to call back, A. Ag. 1021 (lyr.): less freq. c. gen., π. τράπεθʼ υἷος ἑοῖο she turned back from her son, Il. 18.138; δόρυ Ἀχιλλῆος π. ἔτραπεν 20.439, cf. Od. 7.143: coupled with other Advbs., π. αὖτις ἔβαινον νηὸς ἐπὶ γλαφυρῆς 14.356, cf. Pi. O. 1.65; αὖ π. Od. 13.125; ἂψ π. Il. 18.280; π. εἶσιν ὀπίσσω Od. 11.149; π. φέρεσθαι ἐξοπίσω Hes. Th. 181; ἄψορρον π. S. El. 53; π. οἴκαδε, π. οἴκαδʼ αὖ, Ar. Lys. 792, Ra. 1486; π. αὖ Pl. Prt. 318e, etc.: with the Art., ἡ π. ὁδός E. Or. 125. 2. to express contradiction, π. ἐρέει gainsay, Il. 9.56; π. ὅ γε λάζετο μῦθον took back his word, unsaid it, 4.357; opp. ἀληθέα εἰπεῖν, Od. 13.254; μηδέ τῳ δόξῃ π. let no one think contrariwise, A. Th. 1045: in Prose, contrariwise, Pl. Grg. 482d; π. αὖ Id. R. 507b; αὖ . . π. Id. Ap. 27d: in this sense sts. c. gen., τὸ π. νεότατος youthʼs opposite, Pi. O. 10(11).87; χρόνου τὸ π. the change of time, E. HF 777(lyr.); cf. ἔμπαλιν. II. of Time, again, once more, rare in Hom., Il. 2.276, cf. S. OT 1166, X. Mem. 1.6.11, etc.: freq. coupled with αὖ, αὖθις (q.v.); π. ἐξ ἀρχῆς Ar. Pax 997, etc.; π. καὶ π. Str. 17.1.3, Plu. 2.565d, Ael. VH 1.4; ἔγχει καὶ π. εἰπέ, π. π. Ἡλιοδώρας" AP 5.135 (Mel.): both senses (I and II) are appropriate in Od. 16.456, Pl. Prt. 322b, etc. III. in turn, S. El. 371, Ar. Ach. 342, Call. Dian. 87, etc.; π. ὁ Κῦρος ἠρώτα X. An. 1.6.7; π. ἀπαιτῶ Pl. R. 612d; again, πρῶτον μέν . . ἔπειτα π. Arist. Pol. 1289b29, etc. (In compos. πάλιν sts. means doubly, as in παλιμμήκης, παλίνσκιος.)
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