πήδησις

pedesis

leaping

Appears 4 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 3
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Chapter 26 479b17–480a15

479b18
479b19
479b24
Parts of Animals 1
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Book III 1
Chapter 6 668b33–669b12

669a19

Dictionary (LSJ)

πήδησις, εως, ἡ, A. leaping, πηδήσεις σατυρικαί Id. Ant. 75; πηδήσεις ἐπὶ τοὺς ἵππους Arr. Tact. 43.3; of wood burning, Thphr. Ign. 69. II. beating or throbbing of the heart, Pl. Ti. 70c, Lg. 791a, Arist. PA 669a20, Phld. Irp.27 W.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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