παράλληλος

parallelos

beside one another, side by side

Appears 9 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Prior Analytics 3
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Book II 3
Chapter 16 64b28–65a37

65a4
65a7

Chapter 17 65a38–66a15

66a13
Mechanica 2
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Chapter 25 856a39–857a4

856b28
Chapter 30 857b21–858a2

857b31
Posterior Analytics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 12 77a36–78a21

77b22
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 7 401a12–401b29

401a14
History of Animals 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 16 494b19–496a3

495a14
Topics 1
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Book VIII 1
Chapter 14 163a29–164b19

163b4

Dictionary (LSJ)

παράλληλος, ον, A. beside one another, side by side, αἱ π. (sc. γραμμαί) parallel lines, Arist. APr. 65a4, APo. 77b22, cf. Mech. 856b28 ; π. κύκλοι the five zones, D.L. 7.155, Nonn. D. 38.258 ; ὁ π. κύκλος parallel of latitude, Hipparch. 2.2.26, al., Cleom. 1.2, etc.: without κύκλος, ὁ διὰ τοῦ Βορυσθένους π. Str. 1.4.4, al.; οἱ βίοι οἱ π. the parallel lives of Plutarch, Plu. Thes. 1, cf. Pel. 2, etc.; ἐκ παραλλήλου parallelwise, Id. Comp.Ag.Gracch. 1. 2. ἐν παραλλήλοις κεῖσθαι, of words used pleonastically, A.D. Adv. 140.13 ; ἐκ παραλλήλου εἰρηκέναι Alex.Aphr. in Metaph. 331.1, cf. Asp. in EN 65.30, 104.1. Adv. -λως, τίθεσθαι A.D. Synt. 247.17 ; but π. χρώμενοι τοῖς ὀνόμασιν using the forms (Ζῆνα, Δία) indifferently, Arist. Mu. 401a14. 3. c. dat., parallel to or with, χάραξ π. τῷ τείχει Plb. 8.32.3, etc.; ὁ Ῥῆνος π. ὢν τῇ Πυρήνῃ Str. 4.1.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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