πεπτικός

peptikos

able to digest

Appears 5 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Generation of Animals 3
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Book III 1
Chapter 1 749a10–752a8

749b24
Book IV 2
Chapter 1 763b20–766b26

766a32
766a32
On Length and Shortness of Life 1
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Chapter 5 466a17–467a5

466b32
Parts of Animals 1
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Book IV 1
Chapter 3 677b11–36

677b33

Dictionary (LSJ)

πεπτικός, ή, όν, (πέσσω) A. able to digest, π. εἶναι τῆς τροφῆς Arist. GA 766a32 ; ἔχειν τὴν κοιλίαν . . πεπτικωτάτην ib.749b24 ; δύναμις π. digestive power, Dsc. 1.14. II. promoting digestion, Arist. PA 677b32, Long. 466b32, Thphr. Lass. 16, Str. 15.2.10, Xenocr. ap. Orib. 2.58.98 ; πόα Dsc. 3.31 ; φάρμακον Gal. 11.779. III. promoting concoction, hence of the male seed, σπέρμα π. Zeno Stoic. 1.36.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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