πεῖνα

peina

hunger, famine

Appears 6 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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De Anima 2
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Book II 2
Chapter 3 414a29–415a13

414b11
414b12
Rhetoric 2
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Book I 1
Chapter 11 1369b33–1372a3

1370a22
Book II 1
Chapter 12 1388b31–1389b12

1389a9
Nicomachean Ethics 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 4 1147b20–1148b14

1148a8
History of Animals 1
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Book IX 1
Chapter 44 629b5–630a17

629b9

Dictionary (LSJ)

πεῖνα, Ion. πείνη, ης, ἡ, A. hunger, famine, πείνη δʼ οὔ ποτε δῆμον ἐπέρχεται Od. 15.407 ; πεῖνα (v.l. πείνη ) καὶ δίψα Pl. R. 585a ; δίψαν . . καὶ πεῖναν ib.437d ; δίψα καὶ πεῖνα Arist. de An. 414b11 ; πείνην τε καὶ δίψος Pl. Phlb. 34d ; πείνη ib. 31e, Ly. 221a : pl., δίψαι καὶ πεῖναι Arist. Rh. 1389a9. 2. metaph., hunger or longing for a thing, διὰ μαθημάτων πείνην Pl. Phlb. 52a. (In nom. and acc. sg. Pl. usu. has πείνη -ην, v. supr.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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