περιωθέω

periotheo

push, shove about

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

Frequency by work

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Politics 2
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Book V 2
Chapter 4 1303b17–1304b18

1304a8

Chapter 6 1305a37–1306b21

1306a32
On Youth, Old Age, Life and Death, and Respiration 1
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Chapter 11 472b6–473a2

472b18

Dictionary (LSJ)

περιωθέω, A. push, shove about, περιωθῶν καὶ ἐλαύνων τοὺς ἀνθρώπους D. 21.173. 2. push or force round, π. εἴσω τὴν ἀναπνοήν Pl. Ti. 79c, cf. e, Arist. Resp. 472b18 :—Pass., to be pushed away, περιεώσμεθα ἐκ πάντων Th. 3.57 ; π. ἔν τινι lose oneʼs place in a personʼs favour, ib. 67 ; ἀσθενὲς ὂν π. ὑπὸ τοῦ βιαιοτέρου D.H. 7.25 ; εἰς τὴν φάραγγα -ωσθείς App. BC 1.45 : abs., to be rejected, defeated, Arist. Pol. 1304a8 (v.l. περιωρισθείς), cf. 1306a32. 3. λόγων ἀρετῇ -ωθούμενος moved by . . , J. AJ 17.3.1.

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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