παῦλα

paula

rest, pause

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On the Heavens 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 1 283b26–284b5

284a8
284a11
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 5 1125b26–1126b10

1126a21
History of Animals 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 5 585a29–585b4

585a35
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 26 479b17–480a15

479b33
Politics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 16 1334b29–1336a2

1335a31

Dictionary (LSJ)

παῦλα, ἡ, (παύω) A. rest, pause, S. OC 88 ; οὐκ ἐν παύλῃ ἐφαίνετο there seemed to be no end of it, Th. 6.60. 2. c. gen., π. νόσου cessation or end of disease, S. Ph. 1329, cf. Hp. Mul. 2.124 ; κακῶν S. Tr. 1255, Plu. Thes. 15 ; μόχθων prob. in B. 9.8 ; παροξυσμοῦ Gal. 10.604 ; παῦλαν ἔχον κινήσεως παῦλαν ἔχει ζωῆς Pl. Phdr. 245c ; ἡδονὴν . . παῦλαν λύπης εἶναι Id. R. 584b ; π. ταῖς γυναιξὶ τοῦ τεκνοῦσθαι Arist. HA 585a35 ; ἡ π. τῆς τεκνοποιίας Id. Pol. 1335a31 ; παῦλάν τινʼ αὐτῶν some means of stopping them, X. An. 5.7.32. (Written παῦλλα Puchstein Epigr.Gr.p.7.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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